Re: filesystem encryption

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mgraffam@mhv.net
Wed, 24 Jun 1998 02:47:08 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Greg Rose wrote:

> mgraffam@mhv.net writes:
> >Ok, so now I just gotta find a cipher that fits the Linux distribution
> >model.. I figure Blowfish and SHA would work good here.. I have a
> >feeling that ext2.c is not that pretty..
>
> Blowfish's "key schedule" is pretty big... I would consider SAFER for the
> block cipher myself.

Do you know the distributions restrictions on SAFER? If I do manage to
get the whole thing working, I'd like the patches to be usable by the
Linux kernel team.. which would mean that commercial use is fine.

Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net)
http://www.mhv.net/~mgraffam -- Philosophy, Religion, Computers, Crypto, etc
"Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that
it should become a universal law.." - Immanuel Kant "Metaphysics of Morals"


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