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  1. #11
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    Re: newbie encryption question

    if this question is regarding Wireless lan then it is highly recommended you use WPA/WPA2
    WPA2 with AES encryption is very hard to crack.

    WEP is useless to use and easily cracked using kismet
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  2. #12
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    Re: newbie encryption question

    according to man:
    Code:
    Paranoia mode uses the following settings:
               Cipher: AES
               Key Size: 256 bits
               Filesystem Block Size: 512 bytes
               Filename Encoding: Block encoding with IV chaining
               Unique initialization vector file headers
               Message Authentication Code block headers
               External IV Chaining
    is it safe to be used with a 53 character pass, i use the app ParolaPass for the password generating ?

    it's not about wireless encryption, it's about disk/file encryption mainly with ecfs.
    Last edited by imT; June 9th, 2008 at 06:17 PM.

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    Re: newbie encryption question

    The AES cipher is a tried and tested one and a 53 character password is longer than most, I reckon it'll be more than enough.

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    Re: newbie encryption question

    AES algorithm is quiet strong enough for disk encryption and would also require long password. I would use atleast 20 characters
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