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by tptacek
4429 days ago
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Since the article doesn't really endorse XTS in any context, I'm not sure your proposed title is accurate. I didn't write the article for the front page of HN. I wrote it so that the next time someone says "we're going to switch from CBC to something more advanced like XTS", I can point them at the article instead of writing a long comment. |
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But it's also not saying that you shouldn't use XTS for full disk encryption. In fact it seems to say it's probably OK for full disk encryption: "It’s certainly better than ECB, CBC, and CTR for FDE. For the crappy job we ask it to do, XTS is probably up to the task."
> I didn't write the article for the front page of HN. I wrote it so that the next time someone says "we're going to switch from CBC to something more advanced like XTS", I can point them at the article instead of writing a long comment.
Understood. Unfortunately it's on the front page of HN now and I think it (the HN article) needs a better title considering the audience.