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List:       dm-crypt
Subject:    Re: [dm-crypt]
From:       Milan Broz <mbroz () redhat ! com>
Date:       2011-03-23 16:26:48
Message-ID: 4D8A1F48.8020904 () redhat ! com
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On 03/23/2011 05:00 PM, Rudolf Deilmann wrote:
> Am Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:37:48 +0100
> schrieb Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com>:
> 
>> BTW key size 160 bits? strange size. for which cipher?
>> Probably kernel cryptoAPI module limitation, there should be no limit
>> in dmcrypt.
> 
> it's mentioned for twofish and blowfish in my manpage of losetup
> (losetup/loop-aes  accepts even other key lengths. I don't know,
> if this behaviour is intentend or make sense at all )

ok, just quickly reading twofish cryptoAPI implementation in kernel,
it seems to not support 160bit (just 128, 192, 256).
so neither cryptsetup nor dmcrypt problem.

Milan
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