Re: Loop-AES and Twofish on 64-bit CPU

[Jari Ruusu <jariruusu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jari Ruusu wrote:
> Userland encrypted swap and random key (file system) setup:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 40 KB of old encrypted data is read from disk, and hashed with SHA-512. That
> same 40 KB of old encrypted data is then overwritten 20 times using random
> data generated from computed hash and time stamp. 32 bytes of common random
> data is read from /dev/urandom. For each 65 keys, 16 bytes of per key random
> data is read from /dev/urandom. Each of 65 random keys is generated by
> hashing "40 KB of old encrypted data" and 32 bytes of common random data and
> 16 bytes of per key random data using SHA-512.

Correction to above. Last sentence should read as:

Each of 65 random keys is generated by hashing hash of "40 KB of old
                                               ^^^^^^^
encrypted data" and 32 bytes of common random data and 16 bytes of per key
random data using SHA-512.

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