also sprach Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> [2005.06.17.0848 +0200]:
> These are *cipher* blocks, and they are chained only within
> a *block device* block.
Who guarantees that? If Cipherblock CB_x depends on CB_(x-1), then
CB_last will indirectly depend on CB_first. If the data are large
enough to span multiple block device blocks, damage to the beginning
of the cipherfile makes the rest of the file unusable, no?
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