[CryptoAPI-devel] implementation questions

[David B. <db...@du...>]

Ok, so a few questions so clear a few things up for me.  Again, i'm a
newbie so go easy on me, but flames are appriciated it absolutly
necessary ;-)

My understanding of how the API works is:
block write request-> filesystem
write(ext2/3/reiserfs/whatever)->loopback(crypto)->block written.

The whole loopback thing seems a little odd to me, why is it necessary
that we go through the loopback device ?  Couldn't we interrupt the
system call for block writing and encrypt the contents there, maybe on
the VFS layer ?  My current understanding of the whole CryptoAPI is that
the loopback device limits us in some sense, so I'm trying to figure out
if there is a way we can accomplish the same task without it.   Is this
futile ?

Also...  I know you guys are on the list but:

Cryptoapi people seem to be very reluctant to fixing bugs, even if said
bugs are pointed out to maintainer.

we should really try to change that.  hvr do you have a list of bugs
that have been reported to you lying around in some old emails ?
Dave