Re: Streaming ciphers

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Hi David,

using LUKS should not result in write-amplification.
LUKS uses 512B blocks and just provides an 1:1 mapping.

Regards,
Arno
 

On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 01:59:41 CET, David Niklas wrote:
> Hello,
> Today I was helping a poor luser who's Crucial P1 QLC SSD died from
> too many writes. We still don't know what's doing the writing, but he is
> running luks using FDE so write amplification is definitely a
> factor.
> I forget the answer to this so please enlighten me, is there a streaming
> cypher he can use instead of a block cipher? A better option that I
> didn't consider?
> Not that the TCG Opal is to be fully trusted (nor is it available on
> that model), but how does it work with respect to write amplification vs.
> luks?
> 
> Thanks,
> David
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