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List:       linux-crypto
Subject:    Re: Vulnerability in encrypted loop device for Linux
From:       Gisle S{lensminde <gisle () ii ! uib ! no>
Date:       2001-12-19 14:13:56
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On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Gisle S{lensminde wrote:


> A block cluster approch would be preferable, since that don't require
> scanning the disk on every mount/unmount. What about a block containing
> a 128 bit HMAC-SHA1 of the preceding.

I should have written:

A block cluster approch would be preferable, since that don't require
scanning the disk on every mount/unmount. What about a block containing
a 128 bit HMAC-SHA1 of the preceding 31 blocks + itself.

Moral: Proofread befor you post.

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Gisle Sælensminde ( gisle@ii.uib.no )

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necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going
to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly
overhead. (from RFC 1925)

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