Subject: Re: NetBSD raw disk block encrypted FFS filesystem needed!
To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/19/2000 23:00:38
On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 01:37:16PM -0800, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> For all ciphers that we currently use in the NetBSD kernel, the output
> size is the same as the input size. Obviously the input size has to be
> rounded to the cipher's block size, if you're using a block cipher, but
> for disk blocks, that should pretty much always be the case.
>
> Are there any currently-used ciphers that actually have different sizes
> for input vs. output data?
My knowledges in crypto is very limited, but I noticed that the
passwd field is always the same length whatever passwd you enter :)
Hum, maybe I was too oriented toward remplacing the cipher with gzip :)
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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