> > this is really not that useful. why would you pick anything other > > than "the best" when setting it up? > > because no one knows what the best is. blowfish appears to be the best > at the moment, because its secure and fast. some other people don't like > block sizes of 64 bit. so perhaps they take aes, which is slightly slower > but encrypts blocks of 128 bit. is it for no reason, that swap encryption > uses aes over blowfish?
If you really meant what you said you should let the people that write an OS make that decision for you. And just for everyone's entertainment, when was it the last time that you saw swap being used?
