[PATCH] Require minimum random data entropy when creating LUKS (#1073679)

Chris Lumens clumens at redhat.com
Fri Sep 5 15:36:19 UTC 2014


> Normal users aren't going to have the slightest idea what this means, we
> should do as much as we can to hide it from them. Before showing the
> dialog set a timer of, say, 15 seconds and then if there isn't enough
> show it.

Agreed about normal users.

However, I am curious how many people would choose to encrypt their data
but do not know what entropy is.  Sadly, like everything else we do, we
will have to proceed without this kind of data.

- Chris


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