This is fixed in my patches, have you tried them yet? <URL:http://www.stwing.org/~sluskyb/util-linux/> On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 05:35:37 -0400, mike@xxxxxxxx wrote: > I have a question regarding util-linux 2.12's handling of encryption keys. > I would expect "mount -p0 ..." to be able to use any key I provide it, > including one generated from /dev/urandom or a random physical token. > However, this is not the case. Because lomount.c uses string operations, > bytes such as 0x00 and '\n' may not appear in a key. This reduces the > entropy of the key space and makes using random keys awkward (uuencode > or something must be used and then its result must be hashed). > > Why does "mount -p0 ..." use string operations? Am I missing something here? -- Ben Slusky | "A paranoid is simply someone sluskyb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | in possession of all the sluskyb@xxxxxxxxxx | facts." PGP keyID ADA44B3B | -Spider Jerusalem - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
