Hi,
On 2021-05-25 17:12:05 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> If we used a block cipher instead of a streaming one (CTR), this might
> not work because the earlier blocks can be based in the output of
> later blocks.
What made us choose CTR for WAL & data file encryption? I checked the
README in the patchset and the wiki page, and neither seem to discuss
that.
The dangers around nonce reuse, the space overhead of storing the nonce,
the fact that single bit changes in the encrypted data don't propagate
seem not great? Why aren't we using something like XTS? It has obvious
issues as wel, but CTR's weaknesses seem at least as great. And if we
want a MAC, then we don't want CTR either.
Greetings,
Andres Freund