linux-ext4 - Re: Linux 5.3-rc8

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Message-ID: <20190917163456.alzodstm3hd4yrni@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:   Tue, 17 Sep 2019 17:34:56 +0100
From:   Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Martin Steigerwald <martin@...htvoll.de>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
        "Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>,
        "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Vito Caputo <vcaputo@...garu.com>,
        Lennart Poettering <mzxreary@...inter.de>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Ray Strode <rstrode@...hat.com>,
        William Jon McCann <mccann@....edu>,
        "Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@...il.com>,
        zhangjs <zachary@...shancloud.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 5.3-rc8

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 09:27:44AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Does anybody believe that 128 bits of randomness is a good basis for a
> long-term secure key?

Yes, it's exactly what you'd expect for an AES 128 key, which is still 
considered to be secure.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org