Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-21 Thread Sytse Wielinga
On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 08:14:58PM +0100, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: > http://clemens.endorphin.org/LinuxHDEncSettings I found two typos on your page: - In LinuxHDEncSettings: at the beginning, 'pose a thread', should be 'threat' - In 'cryptography': AFsplitter written as AFspliter.

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-21 Thread Sytse Wielinga
On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 08:14:58PM +0100, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: http://clemens.endorphin.org/LinuxHDEncSettings I found two typos on your page: - In LinuxHDEncSettings: at the beginning, 'pose a thread', should be 'threat' - In 'cryptography': AFsplitter written as AFspliter.

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-20 Thread markus reichelt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Fruhwirth Clemens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 22:26 +0100, markus reichelt wrote: > > > Fruhwirth Clemens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This is FUD. To get serious in-depth information about the problems > > > associated

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-20 Thread Bill Davidsen
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 12:03 -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Dan Hollis wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Venkat Manakkal wrote: > > > > As for cryptoloop, I'm sorry, I cannot say the same. The password > > > > hashing > >

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-20 Thread Bill Davidsen
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 12:03 -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Dan Hollis wrote: On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Venkat Manakkal wrote: As for cryptoloop, I'm sorry, I cannot say the same. The password hashing system being

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-20 Thread markus reichelt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Fruhwirth Clemens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 22:26 +0100, markus reichelt wrote: Fruhwirth Clemens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is FUD. To get serious in-depth information about the problems associated with dm-crypt and

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-19 Thread Fruhwirth Clemens
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 16:24 -0500, James Morris wrote: > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: > > > I've rewritten some CBC code to fit the facilities I introduce in my LRW > > patch[1]. Here are the results for my [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > loop-aes, CBC: ~30.5mb/s > > dm-crypt, CBC

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-19 Thread James Morris
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: > I've rewritten some CBC code to fit the facilities I introduce in my LRW > patch[1]. Here are the results for my [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > loop-aes, CBC: ~30.5mb/s > dm-crypt, CBC prior to my rewrite: ~23mb/s > dm-crypt, CBC with my LRW patch: ~27mb/s

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-19 Thread Fruhwirth Clemens
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 12:03 -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Dan Hollis wrote: > > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Venkat Manakkal wrote: > > > As for cryptoloop, I'm sorry, I cannot say the same. The password hashing > > > system being changed in the past year, poor stability and

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-19 Thread Bill Davidsen
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Dan Hollis wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Venkat Manakkal wrote: > > As for cryptoloop, I'm sorry, I cannot say the same. The password hashing > > system being changed in the past year, poor stability and machine lockups > > are > > what I have noticed, besides there is

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-19 Thread Bill Davidsen
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Dan Hollis wrote: On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Venkat Manakkal wrote: As for cryptoloop, I'm sorry, I cannot say the same. The password hashing system being changed in the past year, poor stability and machine lockups are what I have noticed, besides there is nothing like

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-19 Thread Fruhwirth Clemens
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 12:03 -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Dan Hollis wrote: On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Venkat Manakkal wrote: As for cryptoloop, I'm sorry, I cannot say the same. The password hashing system being changed in the past year, poor stability and machine lockups

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-19 Thread James Morris
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: I've rewritten some CBC code to fit the facilities I introduce in my LRW patch[1]. Here are the results for my [EMAIL PROTECTED]: loop-aes, CBC: ~30.5mb/s dm-crypt, CBC prior to my rewrite: ~23mb/s dm-crypt, CBC with my LRW patch: ~27mb/s

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-19 Thread Fruhwirth Clemens
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 16:24 -0500, James Morris wrote: On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: I've rewritten some CBC code to fit the facilities I introduce in my LRW patch[1]. Here are the results for my [EMAIL PROTECTED]: loop-aes, CBC: ~30.5mb/s dm-crypt, CBC prior to my

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-18 Thread Kyle Moffett
On Jan 18, 2005, at 19:18, Dan Hollis wrote: On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Venkat Manakkal wrote: As for cryptoloop, I'm sorry, I cannot say the same. The password hashing system being changed in the past year, poor stability and machine lockups are what I have noticed, besides there is nothing like the

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-18 Thread Dan Hollis
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Venkat Manakkal wrote: > As for cryptoloop, I'm sorry, I cannot say the same. The password hashing > system being changed in the past year, poor stability and machine lockups are > what I have noticed, besides there is nothing like the readme here: cryptoloop is also unusably

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-18 Thread Peter_22
http://clemens.endorphin.org/LinuxHDEncSettings Did you ever take a look at that page?! I did. I´d say the best are the photos. The rest isn ´t much of a help. Ever since I grabbed me SuSE Linux 8.2 and managed to compile some standard kernel according to the loop-aes.readme it´s proven

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-18 Thread Venkat Manakkal
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Andries et all, As a loop-aes *user* and ex-cryptoloop user, I can tell you one thing - it works, and is stable over multiple kernels, and backwards compatibility is maintained as it evolves. As for cryptoloop, I'm sorry, I cannot say the same. The

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-18 Thread Andries Brouwer
On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 05:35:48PM +0200, Jari Ruusu wrote: > Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: > > Nothing about kernel crypto is backdoored. If Ruusu thinks different, he > > should show me source code. Till then, treat it as FUD. > > I have been submitting fix for this weakness to mainline mount (part

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-18 Thread Jari Ruusu
jerome etienne wrote: > 3 years ago i published a paper describing how an attacker would be able > to modify the content of the encrypted device without being detected. > http://off.net/~jme/loopdev_vul.html > > i was just curious about the current state of loop-aes. Is it still > vulnerable to

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-18 Thread Jari Ruusu
Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: > Nothing about kernel crypto is backdoored. If Ruusu thinks different, he > should show me source code. Till then, treat it as FUD. I have been submitting fix for this weakness to mainline mount (part of util-linux package) since 2001, about 2 or 3 times a year. Refusing

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-18 Thread jerome etienne
Hello, i dont understand the current argument so would prefere not to enter it. But it triggered my curiosity about current loop-aes security. 3 years ago i published a paper describing how an attacker would be able to modify the content of the encrypted device without being detected.

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-18 Thread jerome etienne
Hello, i dont understand the current argument so would prefere not to enter it. But it triggered my curiosity about current loop-aes security. 3 years ago i published a paper describing how an attacker would be able to modify the content of the encrypted device without being detected.

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-18 Thread Jari Ruusu
Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: Nothing about kernel crypto is backdoored. If Ruusu thinks different, he should show me source code. Till then, treat it as FUD. I have been submitting fix for this weakness to mainline mount (part of util-linux package) since 2001, about 2 or 3 times a year. Refusing

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-18 Thread Jari Ruusu
jerome etienne wrote: 3 years ago i published a paper describing how an attacker would be able to modify the content of the encrypted device without being detected. http://off.net/~jme/loopdev_vul.html i was just curious about the current state of loop-aes. Is it still vulnerable to this

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-18 Thread Andries Brouwer
On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 05:35:48PM +0200, Jari Ruusu wrote: Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: Nothing about kernel crypto is backdoored. If Ruusu thinks different, he should show me source code. Till then, treat it as FUD. I have been submitting fix for this weakness to mainline mount (part of

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-18 Thread Venkat Manakkal
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Andries et all, As a loop-aes *user* and ex-cryptoloop user, I can tell you one thing - it works, and is stable over multiple kernels, and backwards compatibility is maintained as it evolves. As for cryptoloop, I'm sorry, I cannot say the same. The

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-18 Thread Peter_22
http://clemens.endorphin.org/LinuxHDEncSettings Did you ever take a look at that page?! I did. I´d say the best are the photos. The rest isn ´t much of a help. Ever since I grabbed me SuSE Linux 8.2 and managed to compile some standard kernel according to the loop-aes.readme it´s proven

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-18 Thread Dan Hollis
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Venkat Manakkal wrote: As for cryptoloop, I'm sorry, I cannot say the same. The password hashing system being changed in the past year, poor stability and machine lockups are what I have noticed, besides there is nothing like the readme here: cryptoloop is also unusably

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-18 Thread Kyle Moffett
On Jan 18, 2005, at 19:18, Dan Hollis wrote: On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Venkat Manakkal wrote: As for cryptoloop, I'm sorry, I cannot say the same. The password hashing system being changed in the past year, poor stability and machine lockups are what I have noticed, besides there is nothing like the

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Daniel Harvey
Hi Fruhwirth, I don't want to take 'emotional' sides in this debate, but an observation: Re: "Enlightenment is a gift everyone has to fight for on it's own." If I can contrast, Jari's code gets some good use/discussion because if a question is raised, it gets answered *in detail* the same day

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Fruhwirth Clemens
On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 22:26 +0100, markus reichelt wrote: > Fruhwirth Clemens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is FUD. To get serious in-depth information about the problems > > associated with dm-crypt and loop-aes read, > > > > http://clemens.endorphin.org/LinuxHDEncSettings > > excuse me,

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Paul Walker
On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 05:08:04PM +0200, Jari Ruusu wrote: > Unlikely to go to mainline kernel. Mainline folks are just too much in > love with their backdoored device crypto implementations [1]. If you want "Backdoored" is a bit strong, I think; that tends to imply deliberate placing of a

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Paul Walker
On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 10:04:49PM +0100, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: > You will find the same information on my site. Therefore, I do NOT decline > this vulnerability. I decline it's security implications. It's on the same I'm making no comment either way, I simply wanted to make sure everyone on

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread markus reichelt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Fruhwirth Clemens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is FUD. To get serious in-depth information about the problems > associated with dm-crypt and loop-aes read, > > http://clemens.endorphin.org/LinuxHDEncSettings excuse me, but that's just too

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Fruhwirth Clemens
On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 19:29 +, Paul Walker wrote: > On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 08:14:58PM +0100, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: > > > > Unlikely to go to mainline kernel. Mainline folks are just too much in > > > love > > > with their backdoored device crypto implementations [1]. > > Just to add

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:11:18 +, Jari Ruusu wrote: > Mainline folks are just too much in love with their backdoored device > crypto implementations [1]. If you want strong device crypto in mainline > kernel, maybe you should take a look at FreeBSD gbde. what about dm-crypt? I lost track,

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Paul Walker
On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 08:14:58PM +0100, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: > > Unlikely to go to mainline kernel. Mainline folks are just too much in love > > with their backdoored device crypto implementations [1]. Just to add back in Jari's link, so the folks added know what you're talking about: >

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Fruhwirth Clemens
On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 17:08 +0200, Jari Ruusu wrote: > Bill Davidsen wrote: > > Is this eventually going in the mainline kernel? I'd like to use it, but > > if I'm going to have to maintain my own crypto kernels indefinitely this > > probably isn't the one for me. > > Unlikely to go to mainline

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Jari Ruusu
Bill Davidsen wrote: > Is this eventually going in the mainline kernel? I'd like to use it, but > if I'm going to have to maintain my own crypto kernels indefinitely this > probably isn't the one for me. Unlikely to go to mainline kernel. Mainline folks are just too much in love with their

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Jari Ruusu
Bill Davidsen wrote: Is this eventually going in the mainline kernel? I'd like to use it, but if I'm going to have to maintain my own crypto kernels indefinitely this probably isn't the one for me. Unlikely to go to mainline kernel. Mainline folks are just too much in love with their

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Fruhwirth Clemens
On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 17:08 +0200, Jari Ruusu wrote: Bill Davidsen wrote: Is this eventually going in the mainline kernel? I'd like to use it, but if I'm going to have to maintain my own crypto kernels indefinitely this probably isn't the one for me. Unlikely to go to mainline kernel.

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Paul Walker
On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 08:14:58PM +0100, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: Unlikely to go to mainline kernel. Mainline folks are just too much in love with their backdoored device crypto implementations [1]. Just to add back in Jari's link, so the folks added know what you're talking about: [1]

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:11:18 +, Jari Ruusu wrote: Mainline folks are just too much in love with their backdoored device crypto implementations [1]. If you want strong device crypto in mainline kernel, maybe you should take a look at FreeBSD gbde. what about dm-crypt? I lost track, whether

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Fruhwirth Clemens
On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 19:29 +, Paul Walker wrote: On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 08:14:58PM +0100, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: Unlikely to go to mainline kernel. Mainline folks are just too much in love with their backdoored device crypto implementations [1]. Just to add back in Jari's

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread markus reichelt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Fruhwirth Clemens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is FUD. To get serious in-depth information about the problems associated with dm-crypt and loop-aes read, http://clemens.endorphin.org/LinuxHDEncSettings excuse me, but that's just too academic

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Paul Walker
On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 10:04:49PM +0100, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: You will find the same information on my site. Therefore, I do NOT decline this vulnerability. I decline it's security implications. It's on the same I'm making no comment either way, I simply wanted to make sure everyone on

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Paul Walker
On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 05:08:04PM +0200, Jari Ruusu wrote: Unlikely to go to mainline kernel. Mainline folks are just too much in love with their backdoored device crypto implementations [1]. If you want Backdoored is a bit strong, I think; that tends to imply deliberate placing of a gateway

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Fruhwirth Clemens
On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 22:26 +0100, markus reichelt wrote: Fruhwirth Clemens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is FUD. To get serious in-depth information about the problems associated with dm-crypt and loop-aes read, http://clemens.endorphin.org/LinuxHDEncSettings excuse me, but that's

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-17 Thread Daniel Harvey
Hi Fruhwirth, I don't want to take 'emotional' sides in this debate, but an observation: Re: Enlightenment is a gift everyone has to fight for on it's own. If I can contrast, Jari's code gets some good use/discussion because if a question is raised, it gets answered *in detail* the same day

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-16 Thread Willy Tarreau
Hi Bill, On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 11:26:38PM -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Is this eventually going in the mainline kernel? I'd like to use it, but > if I'm going to have to maintain my own crypto kernels indefinitely this > probably isn't the one for me. On a side note, I would say that this

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-16 Thread Bill Davidsen
Jari Ruusu wrote: loop-AES changes since previous release: - Fixed externally compiled module version multi-key-v3 ioctl incompatibility with boxes running 64 bit kernel and 32 bit userland. Kernel patch versions were not affected (2.4 and 2.6 kernels). - Fixed bug that made v3 on-disk format

Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-16 Thread Jari Ruusu
loop-AES changes since previous release: - Fixed externally compiled module version multi-key-v3 ioctl incompatibility with boxes running 64 bit kernel and 32 bit userland. Kernel patch versions were not affected (2.4 and 2.6 kernels). - Fixed bug that made v3 on-disk format always use file

Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-16 Thread Jari Ruusu
loop-AES changes since previous release: - Fixed externally compiled module version multi-key-v3 ioctl incompatibility with boxes running 64 bit kernel and 32 bit userland. Kernel patch versions were not affected (2.4 and 2.6 kernels). - Fixed bug that made v3 on-disk format always use file

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-16 Thread Bill Davidsen
Jari Ruusu wrote: loop-AES changes since previous release: - Fixed externally compiled module version multi-key-v3 ioctl incompatibility with boxes running 64 bit kernel and 32 bit userland. Kernel patch versions were not affected (2.4 and 2.6 kernels). - Fixed bug that made v3 on-disk format

Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

2005-01-16 Thread Willy Tarreau
Hi Bill, On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 11:26:38PM -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: Is this eventually going in the mainline kernel? I'd like to use it, but if I'm going to have to maintain my own crypto kernels indefinitely this probably isn't the one for me. On a side note, I would say that this