Re: XTS cipher mode for cluster file encryption - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 11:36:37AM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> > I am not re-discuss using CTR for heap table. I mean use some CTR-like
> > algorithm *only* for WAL encryption. My idea is exactly the same when you
> > are typing "we hopefully aren't going to write different WAL records at the
> > same LSN and so using the LSN there should be alright."
> 
> I don't like the idea of "CTR-like".  What's wrong with using CTR for
> WAL encryption?  Based on the available information, that seems like the
> exact use-case for CTR.

Agreed.

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