From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.saout.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.saout.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id N82jHwx5ctZf for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:59:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from v4.tansi.org (ns.km33513-03.keymachine.de [87.118.94.3]) by mail.saout.de (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:59:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from gatewagner.dyndns.org (84-74-162-232.dclient.hispeed.ch [84.74.162.232]) by v4.tansi.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C285720610F for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:59:29 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:59:29 +0200 From: Arno Wagner Message-ID: <20110814165928.GA23589@tansi.org> References: <20110814083201.GA17964@tansi.org> <20110814103210.GA1823@fancy-poultry.org> <20110814122257.GA20686@tansi.org> <20110814131208.GA2093@fancy-poultry.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110814131208.GA2093@fancy-poultry.org> Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] "re-encrypting" ? List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 03:12:08PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 14.08.2011, Arno Wagner wrote: > > > It is on some architectures. It is also less secure. > > As far as I know, both Serpent and Twofish has shown to be more secure than > Rijndael. However, Rijndael was choosen as the new AES because of its overall > qualities (speed on various architectures, simplicity..). > > http://csrc.nist.gov/archive/aes/round2/comments/20000515-bschneier.pdf > > Anyway, I doubt this is playing an important role since none of these algorithms > has been broken yet. Indeed. One argument is that AES will get more scrutiny, as it is more critical for the world. Typically it should not matter though. Arno > > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@saout.de > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: arno@wagner.name GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier