> Just wondering (keep in mind i know little about crypto)if you people > could help > me understand why the command > cat /proc/crypto produces such low values on the maximum key size. > for example i though twofish's key size was 256 but its telling me its > 32?? > > name : twofish > driver : twofish-i586 > module : kernel > priority : 200 > refcnt : 1 > type : cipher > blocksize : 16 > min keysize : 16 > max keysize : 32 > > none of the keys i have seem to have very high bits for example aes > name : aes > driver : aes-generic > module : kernel > priority : 100 > refcnt : 1 > type : cipher > blocksize : 16 > min keysize : 16 > max keysize : 32 if I remember correctly this are bytes, not bits: 16 bytes = 128 bits 32 bytes = 256 bits wof -- GMX FreeMail: 1 GB Postfach, 5 E-Mail-Adressen, 10 Free SMS. Alle Infos und kostenlose Anmeldung: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freemail --------------------------------------------------------------------- dm-crypt mailing list - http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: dm-crypt-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: dm-crypt-help@xxxxxxxx
