Timeline for Is it problematic to use PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256 to derive a 512-bit XTS key?
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| S Mar 30 at 16:33 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
xts uses a cipher key (sometimes called master key) and a tweak key. saying cipher key and master key is a typo
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| Aug 4, 2019 at 5:16 | comment | added | forest | @Patriot That's why it's useful to use an existing encryption program, e.g. LUKS for disk encryption. My question here is largely theoretical and, even if it was problematic in the sense that I mean, it would still not have any impact whatsoever on the practical security of XTS. | |
| Aug 4, 2019 at 1:36 | comment | added | Patriot | Information security has become so complex that end users can barely make informed choices about things that matter. Which disk encryption should I use? OK, let me get a PhD,,, I'll know in 6 years. I'll really know in 8. Perhaps. | |
| May 30, 2018 at 13:47 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackCrypto/status/1001822375292350465 | ||
| May 25, 2018 at 4:00 | vote | accept | forest | ||
| May 24, 2018 at 5:41 | answer | added | Squeamish Ossifrage | timeline score: 8 | |
| May 24, 2018 at 3:17 | history | asked | forest | CC BY-SA 4.0 |