Re: 2.6.3-mm1

Andrew Morton
2004-02-18T20:51:18Z

Brandon Low <lostlogic@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> but if people are depending on that support to stay
> in a stable kernel and are developing based on it and don't have the
> time to learn dm or dmcrypto and redesign whatever may need redesigning
> to use it, it strikes me as rude to pull that support.

This is actually an argument for removing cryptolooop. People are
developing against a crypto infrastructure which has well-known weaknesses.

Pulling it out is an excellent way of communicating this fact. Right now,
we're just deluding people.