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From: Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@drzeus.cx>
To: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Cc: Anderson Briglia <anderson.briglia@indt.org.br>,
	"Linux-omap-open-source@linux.omap.com" 
	<linux-omap-open-source@linux.omap.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>,
	"Aguiar Carlos (EXT-INdT/Manaus)" <carlos.aguiar@indt.org.br>,
	"Biris Ilias (EXT-INdT/Manaus)" <Ilias.Biris@indt.org.br>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/6] [RFC] Add MMC Password Protection (lock/unlock) support V6
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:42:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <455F7E2A.60009@drzeus.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200611181117.54242.david-b@pacbell.net>

David Brownell wrote:
> I thought the MMC vendors expected to see the actual user-typed
> password get SHA1-hashed into a value which would take up the whole
> buffer?  In general that's a good idea, since it promotes use of
> longer passphrases (more information) over short ones (easy2crack).
>   

This sounds like policy though, so it is something user space should
concern itself with. We should just provide the infrastructure.

Rgds

-- 
     -- Pierre Ossman

  Linux kernel, MMC maintainer        http://www.kernel.org
  PulseAudio, core developer          http://pulseaudio.org
  rdesktop, core developer          http://www.rdesktop.org


  reply	other threads:[~2006-11-18 21:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-11-17 12:58 [patch 0/6] [RFC] Add MMC Password Protection (lock/unlock) support V6 Anderson Briglia
2006-11-18 19:17 ` David Brownell
2006-11-18 21:42   ` Pierre Ossman [this message]
2006-11-18 22:18     ` David Brownell
2006-11-25 15:35       ` Anderson Lizardo

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