Isn't 1 TB an overly conservative estimate? The probability of a successful attack on 1 PB of data is only eight in a trillion. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XTS#XTS. Truecrypt sets its maximum volume size at 1 PB for this reason.
On 1/27/2009 8:37 PM, Colin Watson wrote: > It may be worth noting the comment in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- > bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494584 to the effect that XTS' security guarantees > deteriorate over 1TB, so the installer would need to have a warning > about this. > > ** Changed in: partman-crypto (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Wishlist > Status: Confirmed => Triaged > > -- support AES-XTS mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/244480 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
