[OpenAFS] my afs wish list

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Ryan Underwood wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 10:53:09PM -0400, Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> >
> > -Multiple encryption types. For real, not just jury-rigged into rxkad.
>
> What about strong encryption on the data streams?  I would think
> something like blowfish would be fast enough for real security without
> compromising performance.

That's sort of the point. Otherwise, why wish for something better than
what we have...

> Of course, I haven't been following whatever work is going on in that
> area, but AFAIK we are just xoring when fs setcrypt is on. (?)

but I guess you know wrong;-)

What we have uses a DES key, with a probably weaker encryption algorithm.