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Re: [PLUG] Linux Crypto File Systems
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At 8:10 AM -0500 12/8/00, Tracy Nelson wrote:
50%?! Holy cow, maybe they should compress the data before they encrypt it.
Compressed file systems are HARD to do right, and are also
covered by a number of patents in that area. You don't want to go
there.
Of course, the real solution is to
build the encryption into the HD controller, but I doubt we'll see that
anytime soon.
No it's not! The right thing to do, as they do it on other
platforms, is that crypto goes into the device driver.
Any guesses as to the effectiveness of weak crypto? I mean, seriously, if
the local PD confiscates your box and you've just XORed everything, how long
do you think this would delay them?
About 10 minutes ;). Weak crypto is just what the name implies...
Leonard
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