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Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH] block: Deprecate QCOW/QCOW2 encryption
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Kevin Wolf |
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Re: [Qemu-block] [PATCH] block: Deprecate QCOW/QCOW2 encryption |
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Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:09:20 +0100 |
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Am 13.03.2015 um 21:09 hat Markus Armbruster geschrieben:
> We've steered users away from QCOW/QCOW2 encryption for a while,
> because it's a flawed design (commit 136cd19 Describe flaws in
> qcow/qcow2 encryption in the docs).
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> In addition to flawed crypto, we have comically bad usability, and
> plain old bugs. Let me show you.
> [...]
> Let's deprecate the mess now, drop it after a grace period, and move
> on.
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> Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <address@hidden>
Thanks, applied to the block branch.
Kevin