Re: linux kernel loopback encryption

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Ulrich Kuehn (kuehn@ESCHER.UNI-MUENSTER.DE)
Thu, 16 Jul 1998 15:00:55 +0200 (MET DST)


Oskar Pearson writes:
> [ RAM burnin ]
>
> What if we were to simply reverse all ON bits with OFF bits
> periodically? Very straight forward to do, and since the time periods
> of on and off would be equal, there shouldn't be a problem... right?
> we would just have to keep a single bit that said 'we are in the
> original state' or 'we are not in the original state - xor before
> using'.
>
Why not use a second buffer containing the inverted key and exchange
the contents every so often?

Any comments?

Ciao,
Ulrich


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