* Peter_22@xxxxxx wrote: > Ok, I suppose this is good news! My knowledge about attacks on > ciphers and galois fields is quite faint, but I seriously hope the > maintanance of loop-aes will go on. Since many tutorials and > websites focus on loop-aes I deem it the right choice. Knoppix I've also seen that many tutorials focus on dm-crypt because it allegedly is easier to set up, is more modern, has a future, and such buzzwords. The only argument of using dm-crypt is its presence in mainline and thus hassle-free updating for the ordinary user; and that's a funny one too because dm-crypt does not focus on security first, as its author stated some time ago. dm-crypt's mission mantra seems to be "let's replace messy mainline loop-stuff, get it stable, then worry about better security." That's not a bad thing, because the (still) unmaintained mainline loop-support is going to be dropped completely as far as I know. They just should tell the story more clearly, and pretty please, with a cherry on top, not drop loop-support completely. > disadvantage. Clemens Fruhwirth seemed to be a wise guy but > unfortunately he didn??t suggest a patch or some working files. Actually, he did try to get his stuff included in mainline but made the same experience as Jari did: Not Gonna Happen. The kernel gurus' main concern is about maintainability and such. > Other mainline projects like truecrypt or parts of the standard > linux kernel might be backdoored. The loop-aes readme could include > advice on how to remove partition table and boot sector and some > plugin for k3b to burn encrypted cd/dvd on-the-fly would be > excellent, too. I suppose by mainline projects you mean standalone projects. Backdoors are always possible of course but with open source... let's just say it would not be a smart idea to put a backdoor into an open source programme. I second the addition of the partitiontable-less setup magic to the readme. And about that k3b plugin, I guess its author provides some kind of plugin-howto for users who like to contribute. My programming skills are rather rusty and I also lack the time for such a little fun project (who doesn't these days?) -- left blank, right bald winter wanted, NOW!
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