Re: filesystem encryption

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Perry E. Metzger (perry@piermont.com)
Wed, 24 Jun 1998 11:10:31 -0400


Greg Rose writes:
> 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.

How safe is "SAFER" anyway? Does anyone have good evidence on it?

We have a number of interesting new algorithms that have been
announced for the AES competition, some of which are quite fast and
compact.

Perry


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