Messages in this thread | | | From | "Bae, Chang Seok" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 00/13] x86: Support Key Locker | Date | Thu, 6 Jan 2022 06:13:00 +0000 |
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On Jan 5, 2022, at 21:07, Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 09:55:17PM +0000, Bae, Chang Seok wrote: >> >> As long as it is factual that the mode was once popular, it can help somebody >> who wants to use Key Locker for an old disk image I think. > > AES-CBC is/was usually used with ESSIV, in which case the key cannot be fully > protected by Key Locker. > > I'm not sure you should bother to support legacy use cases, especially since it > might mislead users into choosing a worse algorithm.
Alright, this is not that critical as it will be possible to add this mode later when needed.
Thanks, Chang
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