From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266854AbUGVL7L (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 07:59:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266855AbUGVL7L (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 07:59:11 -0400 Received: from tag.witbe.net ([81.88.96.48]:7892 "EHLO tag.witbe.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266854AbUGVL7F convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jul 2004 07:59:05 -0400 Message-Id: <200407221158.i6MBwlb16284@tag.witbe.net> Reply-To: From: "Paul Rolland" To: "'James Morris'" , Cc: "'Andrew Morton'" , Subject: Re: [PATCH] Delete cryptoloop Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 13:58:41 +0200 Organization: AS2917 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcRvrAttK5CMh80FS3e9M9lB12To2AANvNDw Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, Well, we have an option to be able to select EXPERIMENTAL code when making a configuration, why not adding on option for DEPRECATED code ? Then, you'd just have to migrate cryptoloop into this DEPRECATED area. Kconfig should be able to handle that very easily ! Regards, Paul Paul Rolland, rol(at)as2917.net ex-AS2917 Network administrator and Peering Coordinator -- Please no HTML, I'm not a browser - Pas d'HTML, je ne suis pas un navigateur "Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it" > -----Message d'origine----- > De : linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] De la part de James Morris > Envoyé : jeudi 22 juillet 2004 07:22 > À : dpf-lkml@fountainbay.com > Cc : Andrew Morton; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Objet : Re: [PATCH] Delete cryptoloop > > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 dpf-lkml@fountainbay.com wrote: > > > Ditching cryptoloop completely in 2.7 after dm-crypt > matures would be a > > better idea. > > Part of the reason for dropping cryptoloop is to help > dm-crypt mature more > quickly. > > 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 > right more than > we need to worry about these other issues. > > Let's drop the technically inferior of the two (cryptoloop) and > concentrate on fixing the other (dm-crypt). > > There was a thread on redesigning the security a while back (subject: > "dm-crypt, new IV and standards"), but no code came out of > it. Anyone > interested should probably have a look at that. > > > - James > -- > James Morris > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > 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/ > >