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Re:LibreCrypt: Transparent on-the-fly disk encryption for Wi... by wersfg on Saturday June 06, 2015 @12:28AM (#9669667)
Seems like a loaded question.

It is listed under features, and it doesn't state that it is good or better than other software. Whether it is a good or not is a subjective decision.

In my opinion it is good because you have more choices available.

It appears to be an open source project. Is your question relevant in the first place?

Re:LibreCrypt: Transparent on-the-fly disk encryption for Wi... by ralish on Saturday June 06, 2015 @01:42AM (#9669856)
It's not inherently bad, but choice for choice's sake is generally not a good thing for security software in my view.

Saying you support more features in non-security software might be a great thing but saying you support more ciphers, encryption algorithms, etc... than the competition just means a higher probability you're supporting weak/broken security algorithms and/or that the implementations are not well audited.

That, and the overwhelming majority of users are going to have no idea what the actual difference is between all the options nor are going to take the time to investigate what exactly is the difference between RIPEMD-320 & SHA-512. Nor should they have to for that matter.

The goal here is to implement high quality security software. The more features you support, the more code is in your product, and the harder it is to ensure that your code is in fact delivering the security you're aiming for.

Re:LibreCrypt: Transparent on-the-fly disk encryption for Wi... by tdk on Sunday June 07, 2015 @07:54AM (#9674281)
> Nor should they have to for that matter.

They don't, they can just leave the defaults.