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FS#6054 - Add sha256 kernel module to install CD to facilitate better encrypted volumes
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Opened by fedde (fedde) - Friday, 22 December 2006, 11:53 GMT
Last edited by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Friday, 22 December 2006, 15:33 GMT
Opened by fedde (fedde) - Friday, 22 December 2006, 11:53 GMT
Last edited by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Friday, 22 December 2006, 15:33 GMT
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DetailsAdding the sha256 kernel module to the Arch install CD will allow people to use aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 as the cypher/mode/iv for encrypting partitions. The current LUKS setup instructions (LUKS_Encrypted_Root on the wiki) uses aes-cbc-plain, which is vulnerable to watermarking attacks. The kernel module will only take up about 15 kB.
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Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) -
Saturday, 30 December 2006, 16:51 GMT
do you mean the 0.8 alpha isos? there the module is included