Re: [PATCH] dm-crypt: disable block encryption with arc4

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Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> You should rather add a flag CRYPTO_ALG_CHANGES_STATE to determine that a 
> cipher can't be used to encrypt disks.

No, please see my reply in the previous thread.  What we should
do is fix arc4.  I just haven't got around to doing it yet.

As to blacklisting algorithms not suitable for disk encryption,
that is up to the dm-crypt maintainers to decide.

Cheers,
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