Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Initial Vector Fix for loop.c. | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Date | 20 Jun 2003 11:14:14 -0700 |
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On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 10:56, Andrew Morton wrote: > Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> wrote: > > > > > So go for it. Fix it before 2.6.x is out and we're stuck with this crap > > > again. > > > > This will break existing crypto loop installations, making > > the existing encrypted image unreadable. > > I think we should just live with that breakage Andi. You're suggesting > that we retain compatibility with something which was never merged into the > kernel. That is asking too much.
There was effectively no cryptoloop support in the vanilla kernel. Andi is totally right here. We should be compatible with what people actually used, which were the external cryptoloop patches.
Nobody, and I mean nobody, has a cryptoloop based upon the IV selection done in vanilla kernels.
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