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From: Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Encripting /home
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:56:47
Message-Id: 42EB407B.9080102@asmallpond.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Encripting /home by Alexander Skwar
1 Alexander Skwar wrote:
2
3 >Richard Fish schrieb:
4 >
5 >
6 >
7 >>So dm-crypt today provides the same level of security as loop-AES in
8 >>single key mode, which as I already stated in a previous email, should
9 >>be sufficient for most people. However, you did ask how it was
10 >>insecure! :-)
11 >>
12 >>
13 >
14 >Yep, I did ask and I wish to thank you for your explanation!
15 >
16 >If I understood you right, the statement that dm-crypt is insecure
17 >is, as far as the usage pattern of most of the users will go, nothing
18 >but FUD.
19 >
20
21 Yep, FUD, or based on very outdated information, as early versions of
22 dm-crypt had the same vulnerability as cryptoloop.
23
24 -Richard
25
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