Re: 2.6.3-mm1

[Andrew Morton]

Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:45:58 +0000
> Joe Thornber <thornber@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 07:37:34AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > Supporting metadata can be quite simple - e.g. a standard header on the first blocks that
> > > has a length and a number of records with unique IDs. And the kernel driver would need
> > > to skip over these headers.
> > 
> > The target already takes an offset into the device, so you have what you want.
> 
> Ok fine. The only requirement would be compatible IVs then.
> 

Would it be correct to say that until someone does this development,
dm-crypt has the same vulnerabilities as cryptoloop?  Or is there some
different way of using dm-crypt which is incompatible with cryptoloop, but
is more secure?

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