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Date:      Mon, 21 Jun 1999 20:21:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Brian F. Feldman" <green@unixhelp.org>
To:        John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, John Polstra <jdp@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/security/cfs Makefile
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906212018440.55443-100000@janus.syracuse.net>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990621152127.jdp@polstra.com>

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On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, John Polstra wrote:

> Brian F. Feldman wrote:
> 
> > How about making Blowfish the default encryption scheme in cmkdir?
> 
> It's entirely possible that you know 10 times more about cfs than I
> do.  Wanna become the maintainer? ;-)

*poof* Okay, I'll be the CFS maintainer :)

> 
> If the default encryption were changed, would it lose its ability to
> decrypt existing files?  At least is there a command line option for
> the server to overcome that?  I'm not opposed to changing the default,
> as long as it doesn't leave existing users stranded with undecryptable
> files.

The change is only to cmkdir, which creates the crypted directories. cattach
recognizes the encryption scheme and chooses the right decoding/encoding
scheme automagically. Of course, Blowfish is as secure as 3DES, and for me
goes at 2MB/s, whereas 3DES decrypts/encrypts at about 300KB/s. I'll make
the changes =)

> 
> John
> ---
>   John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
>   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
>   "Self-interest is the aphrodisiac of belief."           -- James V. DeLong
> 
> 

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