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 OqRI_Tf3SKgR for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 17:17:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from v4.tansi.org (ns.km33513-03.keymachine.de [87.118.94.3]) by mail.saout.de (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 17:17:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from gatewagner.dyndns.org (84-74-164-49.dclient.hispeed.ch [84.74.164.49]) by v4.tansi.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 78D7A1404001 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2013 17:17:03 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 17:17:03 +0100 From: Arno Wagner Message-ID: <20130104161703.GA22218@tansi.org> References: <50DF635C.90003@gmail.com> <50E6C1EC.1000307@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50E6C1EC.1000307@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Switch to XTS mode for LUKS in cryptsetup in 1.6.0 (Was Re: [ANNOUNCE] cryptsetup 1.6.0-rc1) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 12:50:04PM +0100, Milan Broz wrote: > On 12/29/2012 10:40 PM, Milan Broz wrote: > > The testing release candidate cryptsetup 1.6.0-rc1 is available at > > > > http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/ > > > > Feedback and bug reports are welcomed. > > > > Cryptsetup 1.6.0 Release Notes (RC1) > > > I am going to do one more important change to final 1.6.0: > change LUKS _default_ cipher to aes-xts-plain64 with 512bits key. I think this is a very good idea. Arno > Most of recent disk encryption systems switched already to XTS mode, > also it is preferred by standards (and we are using it for very long > time in Fedora/RHEL during installations.) > > Distro maintainers can always overwrite this during compilation time, > and user can use -c aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 -s 256 to old mode always. > > (Plain mode have to stay with CBC, change would cause compatibility problems.) > > Any serious objections to not do that now? > > Milan > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@saout.de > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@wagner.name GnuPG: ID: CB5D9718 FP: 12D6 C03B 1B30 33BB 13CF B774 E35C 5FA1 CB5D 9718 ---- One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision. -- Bertrand Russell