Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Describe flaws in qcow/qcow2 encryption in the docs

[Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>]

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On 01/22/2014 05:28 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:

> 
> Recommend against any use of QCow/QCow2 encryption, directing
> users to dm-crypt / LUKS which can meet modern cryptography
> best practices.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
> ---
>  qemu-doc.texi | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
>  qemu-img.texi | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
>  2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

> +
> +@itemize @minus
> +@item The AES-CBC cipher is used with predictable initialization vectors based
> +on the sector number. This makes it vulnerable to chosen plaintext attacks
> +which can reveal the existence of encrypted data.
> +@item The user passphrase is directly used as the encryption key. A poorly
> +choosen or short passphrase will compromise the security of the encryption.

s/choosen/chosen/ (both files)

> +In the event of the passphrase being compromised there is no way to change

and still my question whether this deserves a third @item.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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