[dm-devel] dm-crypt IV generation (summary)

[Mike Snitzer]

On Thu, Apr 06 2017 at  5:29am -0400,
Herbert Xu <herbert at gondor.apana.org.au> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 02:44:26PM +0100, Ondrej Mosnacek wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I was tasked to post a summary the whole dm-crypt IV generation
> > problem and all the suggested solutions along with their drawbacks, so
> > here it goes...
> 
> Thanks for the summary.  It looks good to me.

There were 4 different solutions presented.  In reading each, option 2
looked the most promising.  BUT it requires a tradeoff/decision to be
made, please see my earlier reply where I asked for your (and/or
Milan's) thoughts:
https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-crypto/msg24586.html

Thanks,
Mike