On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 10:27:03PM +0100, oguh@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > 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 Indeed. Strictly speaking this breaks with the usual crypto-conventions of giving sizes in bit. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dipl. Inform., CISSP --- CSG, ETH Zurich, arno@xxxxxxxxxxx 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
