linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dm: verity target

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Message-ID: <59032.1316195647@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:54:07 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@...omium.org>
Cc:	dm-devel@...hat.com, Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>,
	Elly Jones <ellyjones@...omium.org>,
	Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
	Milan Broz <mbroz@...hat.com>,
	Olof Johansson <olofj@...omium.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dm: verity target

On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:45:59 PDT, Mandeep Singh Baines said:
> The verity target provides transparent integrity checking of block devices
> using a cryptographic digest.

I just had this mental image of Dr Henry Jones saying: "But in Latin, verify is
spelled with an f..." ;)

Might want to add something to device-mapper/dm-verity.txt explaining
where the name came from and that it's *not* a typo?

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