[dm-devel] my encryption

Joe Thornber thornber at sistina.com
Mon Oct 13 07:05:02 UTC 2003


On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 01:54:21PM +0200, jon at kollegiegaarden.dk wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 08:58:12AM +0100, Joe Thornber wrote:
> > What is Christophe Saouts encryption target missing IYO ?
> 
> As far as i remember:
> it can not change password without reencrypting the whole device

Why is this bad ?  I'd worry if changing the password *didn't* require
the device to be re-encrypted.

> It doesnt shuffle the sectors arround

Does this really provide more security ?

- Joe




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