On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 08:48:07AM +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Montag, 17. September 2007 schrieb ext Eric St-Laurent: > > Hi, > > > > > > I've seen some posts that say the loop-aes is faster and more secure > > than dm-crypt. Is there any truths or facts behind this? > > > > I presume the speed difference is mostly because a more optimized aes > > implementation? > > Doesn't loop-aes also use the in-kernel cipher modules? > The current Version (and earlier ones) bring their own assembly implementation for x86. I seem to remember that it was permenently rejected at some point by Linus. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dipl. Inform., CISSP --- CSG, ETH Zurich, wagner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier
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