Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Mar 2005 20:32:13 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: dm-crypt vs. cryptoloop reminder |
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Hi!
> > 2.6.3-mm1 'dm-crypt vs. cryptoloop' discussion was some time ago, it is > > time to bring this up again: > > http://kerneltrap.org/node/2433 > > Are you a troll? > > This is not something to be quoted by anybody serious. > > Andrew referred to "well-known weaknesses" in cryptoloop, > and when I inquired it turned out that what he referred to > were properties of cryptoloop and dm-crypt alike, so that > his remarks that started that discussion were misguided. > > Of course people may prefer dm-crypt or cryptoloop or loop-aes, > just like people prefer ide-cd or ide-scsi. > > I have not yet seen a valid reason to deprecate one of these three > very soon.
I'd say that "no-maintainer" + "maintained code can do the same" is enough, but... I thought that ide-scsi was deprecated, too?
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