Re: [dev] Disk encryption

From: Michael Partridge <mcp292_AT_nau.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 10:35:49 -0700

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 9:54 AM T Taylor Gurney <ttgurney_AT_ttgurney.com> wrote:
> https://loup-vaillant.fr/articles/implemented-my-own-crypto
>
> This person studied cryptography on his own for a while and then decided
> to roll his own crypto library. The result is a single .c file, about 3000
> lines, which received a favorable third-party audit. I humbly suggest it
> as an example of suckless cryptography.
>
> Taylor
>

Upon first glance I like this guy's philosophy:
https://loup-vaillant.fr/articles/crypto-is-not-magic

Thank you for sharing, Taylor!


MCP

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 9:54 AM T Taylor Gurney <ttgurney_AT_ttgurney.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 08:55:04AM +0200, Markus Wichmann wrote:
> > In any case, you can write your own losetup; it is not the most
> > complicated program in the world.
>
> I do intend to. I noticed that ubase doesn't have one.
>
> > I'm also weary of "rolling your own crypto". Unless you are a
> > cryptographer, I have never heard that go well.
>
> I have heard of it going well (though admittedly not without major
> difficulties):
>
> https://loup-vaillant.fr/articles/implemented-my-own-crypto
>
> This person studied cryptography on his own for a while and then decided
> to roll his own crypto library. The result is a single .c file, about 3000
> lines, which received a favorable third-party audit. I humbly suggest it
> as an example of suckless cryptography.
>
> Taylor
>
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