Re: How many rounds to use for a pbkdf2 encrypted disk?

2013-04-23 Thread STeve Andre'
On 04/21/13 23:57, Ted Unangst wrote: On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 19:00, and...@msu.edu wrote: The example in vnconfig shows 20,000. I picked 30K. This is a 2.8G core2 duo machine, encrypting mail and other stuff. I haven't found sources on the net that have explained what low security is, up to t

Re: How many rounds to use for a pbkdf2 encrypted disk?

2013-04-22 Thread Peter Varga
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 11:57:00PM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote: > On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 19:00, and...@msu.edu wrote: > > The example in vnconfig shows 20,000. I picked 30K. > > This is a 2.8G core2 duo machine, encrypting mail and > > other stuff. > > > > I haven't found sources on the net that ha

Re: How many rounds to use for a pbkdf2 encrypted disk?

2013-04-21 Thread Ted Unangst
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 19:00, and...@msu.edu wrote: > The example in vnconfig shows 20,000. I picked 30K. > This is a 2.8G core2 duo machine, encrypting mail and > other stuff. > > I haven't found sources on the net that have explained > what low security is, up to total paranoia with regards >

How many rounds to use for a pbkdf2 encrypted disk?

2013-04-21 Thread andres
The example in vnconfig shows 20,000. I picked 30K. This is a 2.8G core2 duo machine, encrypting mail and other stuff. I haven't found sources on the net that have explained what low security is, up to total paranoia with regards # of rounds. Ideas? URLs for good places to read? Thank