Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Delete cryptoloop | From | Martin Schlemmer <> | Date | Thu, 22 Jul 2004 22:40:07 +0200 |
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On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 13:58, Paul Rolland wrote: > Hello, > > Well, we have an option to be able to select EXPERIMENTAL code when > making a configuration, why not adding on option for DEPRECATED code ? > > Then, you'd just have to migrate cryptoloop into this DEPRECATED > area. >
Or just mark it as BROKEN ?
> Kconfig should be able to handle that very easily ! > > Regards, > Paul > > Paul Rolland, rol(at)as2917.net > ex-AS2917 Network administrator and Peering Coordinator > > -- > > Please no HTML, I'm not a browser - Pas d'HTML, je ne suis pas un navigateur > > "Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it" > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org > > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] De la part de James Morris > > Envoyé : jeudi 22 juillet 2004 07:22 > > À : dpf-lkml@fountainbay.com > > Cc : Andrew Morton; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Objet : Re: [PATCH] Delete cryptoloop > > > > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 dpf-lkml@fountainbay.com wrote: > > > > > Ditching cryptoloop completely in 2.7 after dm-crypt > > matures would be a > > > better idea. > > > > Part of the reason for dropping cryptoloop is to help > > dm-crypt mature more > > quickly. > > > > I've had some off-list email on the security of dm-crypt, and it seems > > that it does need some work. We need to get the security > > right more than > > we need to worry about these other issues. > > > > Let's drop the technically inferior of the two (cryptoloop) and > > concentrate on fixing the other (dm-crypt). > > > > There was a thread on redesigning the security a while back (subject: > > "dm-crypt, new IV and standards"), but no code came out of > > it. Anyone > > interested should probably have a look at that. > > > > > > - James > > -- > > James Morris > > <jmorris@redhat.com> > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > > linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Martin Schlemmer [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |