From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261375AbUGVUh1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:37:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267237AbUGVUh1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:37:27 -0400 Received: from wblv-254-37.telkomadsl.co.za ([165.165.254.37]:3300 "EHLO gateway.lan") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261375AbUGVUhX (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:37:23 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Delete cryptoloop From: Martin Schlemmer Reply-To: Martin Schlemmer To: rol@as2917.net Cc: "'James Morris'" , dpf-lkml@fountainbay.com, "'Andrew Morton'" , Linux Kernel Mailing Lists In-Reply-To: <200407221158.i6MBwlb16284@tag.witbe.net> References: <200407221158.i6MBwlb16284@tag.witbe.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-mpeIWYVe2ovFultiSx49" Message-Id: <1090528807.10205.32.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 22:40:07 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-mpeIWYVe2ovFultiSx49 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 13:58, Paul Rolland wrote: > Hello, >=20 > Well, we have an option to be able to select EXPERIMENTAL code when > making a configuration, why not adding on option for DEPRECATED code ? >=20 > Then, you'd just have to migrate cryptoloop into this DEPRECATED > area. >=20 Or just mark it as BROKEN ? > Kconfig should be able to handle that very easily ! >=20 > Regards, > Paul >=20 > Paul Rolland, rol(at)as2917.net > ex-AS2917 Network administrator and Peering Coordinator >=20 > -- >=20 > Please no HTML, I'm not a browser - Pas d'HTML, je ne suis pas un navigat= eur >=20 > "Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it= "=20 >=20 > =20 >=20 > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org=20 > > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] De la part de James Morris > > Envoy=C3=A9 : jeudi 22 juillet 2004 07:22 > > =C3=80 : dpf-lkml@fountainbay.com > > Cc : Andrew Morton; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Objet : Re: [PATCH] Delete cryptoloop > >=20 > > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 dpf-lkml@fountainbay.com wrote: > >=20 > > > Ditching cryptoloop completely in 2.7 after dm-crypt=20 > > matures would be a > > > better idea. > >=20 > > Part of the reason for dropping cryptoloop is to help=20 > > dm-crypt mature more=20 > > quickly. > >=20 > > I've had some off-list email on the security of dm-crypt, and it seems > > that it does need some work. We need to get the security=20 > > right more than=20 > > we need to worry about these other issues. > >=20 > > Let's drop the technically inferior of the two (cryptoloop) and > > concentrate on fixing the other (dm-crypt). > >=20 > > There was a thread on redesigning the security a while back (subject: > > "dm-crypt, new IV and standards"), but no code came out of=20 > > it. Anyone=20 > > interested should probably have a look at that. > >=20 > >=20 > > - James > > --=20 > > James Morris > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe=20 > > linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >=20 > >=20 >=20 > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" i= n > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ --=20 Martin Schlemmer --=-mpeIWYVe2ovFultiSx49 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBACYnqburzKaJYLYRAtkEAJ4qW6ZPsPnj6loehMJ7K5V+x7jyagCglYfs ExeZ5jbuR6FsSpu7GIWMPQY= =TJRV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-mpeIWYVe2ovFultiSx49--