Because if the NSA selects an encryption scheme (that is weaker then twofish and serpent) ... I have reason to believe that they can break it. With modern cpu's I don’t really believe in the "the other one is faster" for these kind of purposes too. But then again, encryption is not my strongest point so I might be wrong here. And besides ... I'm a big fan of Bruce Schneier ... so if you're out there Bruce, big it up bro! :D -----Original Message----- From: Dirk Heinrichs [mailto:dirk.heinrichs.ext@xxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 2:39 PM To: dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: LUKS Question Am Dienstag, 8. Juli 2008 schrieb ext Rense Buijen: > I don't want to use AES Just curious: Why? Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: dirk.heinrichs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Wanheimerstraße 68 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40468 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: wwwkeys.pgp.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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