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It's been a while since I read the Bitlocker paper, but I remember having the distinct impression the author found it critical to have. And Ferguson knows more
by MichaelGG 11y ago
It's been a while since I read the Bitlocker paper, but I remember having the distinct impression the author found it critical to have. And Ferguson knows more about this stuff than I ever will, so I trust his assessment. If this has changed, wouldn't it elicit a bit of an explanation? "Windows 8 takes advantage of better crypto knowledge to remove improve Bitlocker speed."
I'd also note that the trend in Bitlocker seems to be to just delegate to the SSD, completely relying on the SSD vendor to get it right. That has zero performance overhead and is more suitable for low end devices.
- tptacek 11y agoIf it's "critical to have", you should be able to mount an argument as to why. It's a little annoying that discussions like these always seem to devolve to "such-and-such an expert said X or Y". We're not debating the Goldilocks Curve vs. the Microsoft NUMS curves. We should reasonably be able to expect people who want to argue about the "Elephant Diffuser" to understand the issues involved.