Re: [gentoo-user] Luks: Which cipher to use

2009-09-09 Thread Marco
Hi Mike, Thanks for your very detailed description and explanation! On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Mike Kazantsev wrote: > On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:21:12 +0200 > Marco wrote: [...] > ESSIV, on the other hand, uses the hash of these counters with the key > itself to salt IV, so it seem to rule o

Re: [gentoo-user] Luks: Which cipher to use

2009-09-09 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:21:12 +0200 Marco wrote: > I am about to encrypt my external hard drive. I found the howtos > http://de.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/DM-Crypt and > http://de.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/DM-Crypt/Daten-Partition_verschl%C3%BCsseln > (sorry, German...). They give a good understanding of how

[gentoo-user] Luks: Which cipher to use

2009-09-08 Thread Marco
Hi all, I am about to encrypt my external hard drive. I found the howtos http://de.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/DM-Crypt and http://de.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/DM-Crypt/Daten-Partition_verschl%C3%BCsseln (sorry, German...). They give a good understanding of how to do the stuff, but I am unsure about which cip