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From:
Crystal Kolipe <kolipe.c@exoticsilicon.com>
Subject:
Re: Deprecate vnconfig encryption (was: Re: Replace Blowfish with AES in vnode disk driver)
To:
tech@openbsd.org, Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>, Filip Cernoch <filipcernoch@posteo.net>
Date:
Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:12:34 +0100

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On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 05:32:35PM +0200, Jeremie Courreges-Anglas wrote:
> So you're not currently using legacy vnconfig encryption, you're not
> proposing a diff to add a better encryption scheme,

Oh, please.

I _am_ proposing a diff to add a better encryption scheme, by allowing
the users you are excluding, (I.E. those using read-only vnd volumes), to
migrate to softraid, (which you overlooked or were not aware of).

> yet you're arguing
> for us to keep these features.

What???  That's a pure lie.  Quoting myself from just _two hours ago_:

On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 03:02:16PM +0100, Crystal Kolipe wrote:
> Honestly, I would also like to see vnd encryption removed.

> I would argue that you're not being
> very helpful here.

I would argue that blatently mis-representing what somebody else posted
two hours earlier is not helpful.

In any case, the weak point of your proposal has been highlighted, and
I've already supplied code a few months ago to address that.  You have
all the ingredients necessary to remove encrypted vnd support and not
prejudice users who use it on a read-only volume.

All that's left would be to commit my diff or a variation of it without
crediting me in the cvs log, (following the established precedence for
doing that), tell me that my opinion counts for nothing, and voila!

Problem solved.