Re: [PATCH/KERNELI] Util-linux 3des update

2000-09-22 Thread Marc Mutz
Gisle S{lensminde wrote: > > Predictable data in > the last DES subkey would probably open up for certain attacks. > meet-in-the-middle with complexity at most 2*2**54 if the last key is known. The right way to do this would be to create a random key and use that for encryption. However,

Re: [PATCH/KERNELI] Util-linux 3des update

2000-09-22 Thread Gisle S{lensminde
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Sandy Harris wrote: > Gisle S{lensminde wrote: > > No. Adding data the attacker knows cannot make the attack harder to any > significant extent. At best, it might increase attack overheads by some > small factor. What you need for security are things that cost little or >

Re: [PATCH/KERNELI] Util-linux 3des update

2000-09-22 Thread Sandy Harris
Gisle S{lensminde wrote: > On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Alexander S A Kjeldaas wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 11:46:02AM +0200, Gisle Sælensminde wrote: > > > > > > Since des_ede3(3des) now is added to the international kernel, it will > > > probably be a good idea to add support for it in

Re: [PATCH/KERNELI] Util-linux 3des update

2000-09-22 Thread Gisle S{lensminde
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Alexander S A Kjeldaas wrote: > On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 11:46:02AM +0200, Gisle Sælensminde wrote: > > > > Since des_ede3(3des) now is added to the international kernel, it will > > probably be a good idea to add support for it in losetup, so here is > > a patch to the

Re: [PATCH/KERNELI] Util-linux 3des update

2000-09-22 Thread Alexander S A Kjeldaas
On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 11:46:02AM +0200, Gisle Sælensminde wrote: > > Since des_ede3(3des) now is added to the international kernel, it will > probably be a good idea to add support for it in losetup, so here is > a patch to the kerneli version of util-linux-2.10m / kerneli 2.2.17.3 > > Since

[PATCH/KERNELI] Util-linux 3des update

2000-09-22 Thread Gisle S{lensminde
Since des_ede3(3des) now is added to the international kernel, it will probably be a good idea to add support for it in losetup, so here is a patch to the kerneli version of util-linux-2.10m / kerneli 2.2.17.3 Since this is crypto-related the patch is found at the URL:

[PATCH/KERNELI] Util-linux 3des update

2000-09-22 Thread Gisle S{lensminde
Since des_ede3(3des) now is added to the international kernel, it will probably be a good idea to add support for it in losetup, so here is a patch to the kerneli version of util-linux-2.10m / kerneli 2.2.17.3 Since this is crypto-related the patch is found at the URL:

Re: [PATCH/KERNELI] Util-linux 3des update

2000-09-22 Thread Alexander S A Kjeldaas
On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 11:46:02AM +0200, Gisle Sælensminde wrote: Since des_ede3(3des) now is added to the international kernel, it will probably be a good idea to add support for it in losetup, so here is a patch to the kerneli version of util-linux-2.10m / kerneli 2.2.17.3 Since this

Re: [PATCH/KERNELI] Util-linux 3des update

2000-09-22 Thread Gisle S{lensminde
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Alexander S A Kjeldaas wrote: On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 11:46:02AM +0200, Gisle Sælensminde wrote: Since des_ede3(3des) now is added to the international kernel, it will probably be a good idea to add support for it in losetup, so here is a patch to the kerneli

Re: [PATCH/KERNELI] Util-linux 3des update

2000-09-22 Thread Sandy Harris
Gisle S{lensminde wrote: On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Alexander S A Kjeldaas wrote: On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 11:46:02AM +0200, Gisle Sælensminde wrote: Since des_ede3(3des) now is added to the international kernel, it will probably be a good idea to add support for it in losetup, so here

Re: [PATCH/KERNELI] Util-linux 3des update

2000-09-22 Thread Gisle S{lensminde
On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Sandy Harris wrote: Gisle S{lensminde wrote: No. Adding data the attacker knows cannot make the attack harder to any significant extent. At best, it might increase attack overheads by some small factor. What you need for security are things that cost little or nothing

Re: [PATCH/KERNELI] Util-linux 3des update

2000-09-22 Thread Marc Mutz
Gisle S{lensminde wrote: snip Predictable data in the last DES subkey would probably open up for certain attacks. snip meet-in-the-middle with complexity at most 2*2**54 if the last key is known. The right way to do this would be to create a random key and use that for encryption.