Linux crypto killer apllication

[Christoph Anton Mitterer]

On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 16:51 -0500, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> > gpg is not intended and for disk encryption, which requires special 
> > techniques (good IV initialisation method etc).
> As opposed to OpenPGP's idiosyncratic CFB mode, which presumably needs
> no IV?
IIRC, OpenPGP sets the IV to 0?

> It's true that disk encryption uses specialized techniques, but pretty
> much every crypto algorithm relies upon good IVs.
Of course...


> > I think it would be nice if the expert mode allows to create keys of
> > any length (at least for RSA).
> I'm sure that if you can articulate a case for it and submit a patch,
> the developers would consider it.
That's not a question of practical cases,..
Every now and then we get posts where people ask for this... right?
So allow it in the expert mode, thus normal users will be prevented from
doing it and people who think that they might get additional security
can simply use it (at their own risk)...

Chris.