[OpenAFS] fs setcrypt benchmarks?

Ray Link rlink+@pitt.edu
Tue, 03 Jun 2003 13:47:06 -0400 (EDT)


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On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Jim Rees wrote:

> Why do you claim it provides little extra security?  What is your threat
> model?  Surely you can't think anyone is interested enough in your data to
> crack your session keys.

Just all the recent discussion on this list about the weakness of the
fcrypt algorithm that rxkad mode crypt uses.  I know it's not the best
algorithm around; I just wanted to be able to weigh the performance hit
vs. the benefit of not passing data across the network in the clear.

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