Newsmail wrote: > well Marc you said I dont have to use AES256, but well even if I dun use it > I'M interested in the difference between the 128. simple question, more > easy to break 128 than 256? > I read at loop-aes readme that for keys over 20 caracters it uses aes192, > and over 40 caracters it uses 256. why is that? > greg Just use AES128 encryption type, and loop-AES will use AES-128 cipher regardless of passphrase length. Encryption type AES (without numbers) will select cipher AES-128, AES-192 or AES-256 based on passphrase length. Regards, Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@xxxxxxxxxx> - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/