Re: [PATCH] Initial Vector Fix for loop.c.

Andi Kleen (ak@suse.de)
Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:52:53 +0200


Typo in there.

On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 12:49:53PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> In my opinion it doesn't make much difference. crypto-loop
> has broken beyond belief[1] IV anyways, so they will
> eventually need to change it. Or just use CBC, which is simpler
^^^
should be ECB of course.

>
> [1] the problem is that it is too predictable. consider block 0,
> which is usually filled with zeros. It also has IV==0. This means
> it it 100% equivalent to CBC and worse even has known plain text.
^^^
also ECB here.

-Andi
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