Linux crypto killer apllication

[Robert J. Hansen]

Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> gpg is not intended and for disk encryption, which requires special 
> techniques (good IV initialisation method etc).

As opposed to OpenPGP's idiosyncratic CFB mode, which presumably needs
no IV?

It's true that disk encryption uses specialized techniques, but pretty
much every crypto algorithm relies upon good IVs.

> I think it would be nice if the expert mode allows to create keys of
> any length (at least for RSA).

I'm sure that if you can articulate a case for it and submit a patch,
the developers would consider it.