From: Mike Touloumtzis <miket@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: block ciphers & plaintext attacks Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 15:10:29 -0800 > On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 10:21:04PM +0000, Marc Mutz wrote: > > > > Therefore, the linux loop_gen driver uses CBC encryption (Cipher Block > > Chaining): > > Delurking for a moment: > > This is something I've been meaning to ask about for > a while. Obviously ECB is more random-access friendly. > How long are the CBC chains used by loopback encryption? > Does one chain span the whole device? Are they limited > in length to make random access and updates easier? > Or is there a third approach which I'm not clued into? > > thanks, > miket > > > Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/ Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
