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From: daw@taverner.cs.berkeley.edu (David Wagner)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dm-crypt, new IV and standards
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 17:44:25 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c27ptp$dhp$1@abraham.cs.berkeley.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20040304132430.GA8213@certainkey.com

Jean-Luc Cooke  wrote:
>Like you said, CBC is not trivial to temper with - though it is do able.  CTR
>is trivial on the other hand.  Which is why NIST and every cryptographer will
>recommend using a MAC with CTR.  (Why still have CTR?  Unlike CBC, you can
>compute the N+1-th block without needing to know the output from the N-th
>block, so there is the possibility for very high parallelizum).

I'm worried about the potential for confusion, so let me clarify: Good
cryptographers will recommend using a MAC, whether you use CTR, CBC,
or CFB.  The need for a MAC is not specific to CTR; CBC is not exempt.

  reply	other threads:[~2004-03-04 17:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-02-19 22:06 dm-crypt, new IV and standards Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
2004-02-19 22:20 ` Christophe Saout
2004-02-20 17:22   ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-02-20 21:26     ` James Morris
2004-02-20 21:52       ` 2.6.3 adaptec I2O will not compile David Lang
2004-02-25 16:25         ` Adrian Bunk
2004-02-26  8:02           ` Jaco Kroon
2004-02-26  8:08             ` David Lang
2004-02-26  9:28               ` Jaco Kroon
2004-02-26 10:24                 ` David Lang
2004-02-21  0:31       ` dm-crypt, new IV and standards Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
2004-02-21 16:48       ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-02-21 17:36         ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-02-21 19:01         ` Andreas Jellinghaus
2004-03-03  8:35         ` dean gaudet
2004-03-03 15:06           ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-03-03 21:40             ` David Wagner
2004-03-08 19:58               ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-03-04  1:48             ` dean gaudet
2004-03-04 13:24               ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-03-04 17:44                 ` David Wagner [this message]
2004-03-05  1:19                 ` dean gaudet
2004-03-05  2:14                   ` Jean-Luc Cooke
2004-03-04 15:08             ` Pavel Machek
2004-03-07  4:14               ` DM for detecting bad disks was: " Mike Fedyk
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-02-22 19:20 Adam J. Richter
2004-02-22 20:53 ` Christophe Saout

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