Re: XTS cipher mode limitations

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Hi everyone :)

2010/8/21 Arno Wagner <arno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> hope I remember this right.
>
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:11:48PM +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
>
> > 2) There was this IV boundary issue when using just "plain",... but this
> > is effectively none, if one uses "plain64"... as this is enough for
> > 2^64*512byte volumes.
> > Right?
>
> Yes. Although plain64 is not available on older kernels.

Is it advisable to use essiv with xts, where plain64 is not available?
What are advantages/disadvantages of this combination?

Cheers.
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