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From: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@google.com>
To: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, dedekind1@gmail.com,
	adrian.hunter@intel.com, tytso@mit.edu, jaegeuk@kernel.org,
	david@sigma-star.at, wd@denx.de, sbabic@denx.de,
	dengler@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/26] ubifs: Implement encrypt/decrypt for all IO
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:52:02 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161021175202.GA20642@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <78f09113-fcc3-c2d2-9849-ba980cd9c0b4@nod.at>

On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 07:21:04PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> On 21.10.2016 19:14, Michael Halcrow wrote:
> > Compress-before-encrypt is a hazard.
> > 
> > http://www.iacr.org/cryptodb/archive/2002/FSE/3091/3091.pdf
> 
> I'm fully aware of that. But as usual it depends on the use case.
> Compression is optional in UBIFS, paranoid users can disable it
> when encryption is enabled.

It's not the paranoid users I'm concerned about.  It's those building
systems with complexity and nuance on top of UBIFS who aren't paranoid
enough.

I suggest disabling compression by default when encryption is enabled,
unless the user explicitly enables both.

> 
> Thanks,
> //richard

  reply	other threads:[~2016-10-21 17:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-21 12:48 [PATCH 00/26] UBIFS File Encryption Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 01/26] fscrypto: Add buffer operations Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 13:05   ` Christoph Hellwig
2016-10-21 13:17     ` Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 13:24       ` Christoph Hellwig
2016-10-21 15:14         ` Theodore Ts'o
2016-10-24  7:05         ` Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 02/26] fscrypto: Constify struct inode pointer Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 14:57   ` Theodore Ts'o
2016-10-21 15:10     ` Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 03/26] ubifs: Export ubifs_check_dir_empty() Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 04/26] ubifs: Export xattr get and set functions Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 05/26] ubifs: Define UBIFS crypto context xattr Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 06/26] ubifs: Add skeleton for fscrypto Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 07/26] ubifs: Massage ubifs_listxattr() for encryption context Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 08/26] ubifs: Implement directory open operation Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 09/26] ubifs: Implement file " Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 10/26] ubifs: Enforce crypto policy in ->link and ->rename Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 11/26] ubifs: Preload crypto context in ->lookup() Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 12/26] ubifs: Massage assert in ubifs_xattr_set() wrt. fscrypto Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 13/26] ubifs: Enforce crypto policy in mmap Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 14/26] ubifs: Introduce new data node field, compr_size Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 15/26] ubifs: Implement encrypt/decrypt for all IO Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 17:14   ` Michael Halcrow
2016-10-21 17:21     ` Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 17:52       ` Michael Halcrow [this message]
2016-10-21 18:21         ` Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 18:25   ` Eric Biggers
2016-10-24  7:00     ` Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 16/26] ubifs: Relax checks in ubifs_validate_entry() Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 17/26] ubifs: Make r5 hash binary string aware Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 18/26] ubifs: Constify struct inode pointer in ubifs_crypt_is_encrypted() Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 19/26] ubifs: Implement encrypted filenames Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 20/26] ubifs: Add support for encrypted symlinks Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 18:42   ` Eric Biggers
2016-10-24  6:54     ` Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 21/26] ubifs: Rename tnc_read_node_nm Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 22/26] ubifs: Add full hash lookup support Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 23/26] ubifs: Use a random number for cookies Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 24/26] ubifs: Implement UBIFS_FLG_DOUBLE_HASH Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 25/26] ubifs: Implement UBIFS_FLG_ENCRYPTION Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 18:30   ` Eric Biggers
2016-10-24  6:59     ` Richard Weinberger
2016-10-24 13:48       ` Theodore Ts'o
2016-10-21 12:48 ` [PATCH 26/26] ubifs: Raise write version to 5 Richard Weinberger
2016-10-21 17:31   ` Michael Halcrow
2016-10-21 17:47     ` Theodore Ts'o
2016-10-21 18:19       ` Eric Biggers
2016-10-21 22:34         ` Theodore Ts'o
2016-10-24  7:03       ` Richard Weinberger

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