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Re: Setting up loog-aes in detail
Jan Lühr wrote:
> In nearly every multi-key example a keyfile with 65 keys is used. Why do you
> use exactly 65 keys?
Because version 3 on-disk format requires 65 keys. README section 2.6.
> Every example I see in the docs uses AES128. Is there a reason not to use
> AES256? (Of cource AES-128 will be secure for some time, but this is a reason
> pro aes-128 and not against aes-256, because AES-256 is also for some time ;)
AES128 is a little bit faster than AES256
> Example 2 uses a lot of head / tail stuff to manipulate the /dev/urandom
> output. Why do I need this?
Key file needs 65 random keys, each separated by newline. The head / tail
pipe strips away uuencode header and footer which are _not_ random.
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Jari Ruusu 1024R/3A220F51 5B 4B F9 BB D3 3F 52 E9 DB 1D EB E3 24 0E A9 DD
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