[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I found many guides on harddisk encryption with cryptsetup-LUKS but none of > them clarifies if it makes sense to use a hash-function (like sha256) with > xts-plain. I would appreciate any hint. > > Best, > Jehovah > There are two wikipedia articles which explain disk encryption theory in general:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_encryption_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher_modes_of_operation The latter is particularly good and illustrates the problem with naive ECB mode using pictures. I hope this helps --Tony -- gentoo-security@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
