Re: [Devil-linux-develop] vacation

[Diego T. <dt...@co...>]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 09:43:10AM -0500, Heiko Zuerker wrote:

> I will be on vacation until Dec 14th and won't be able to read my email 
> very often.

as you'll probably see when you return, 2.4.23 is out.

so, are we going to migrate to 2.4.23?

btw, i'm interested in this patch:

http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/loop-AES.README

it provides a secure loopback system, so you could use the aes modules from
kernel to have an encrypted loop device. it is backwards compatible with
the classic loop command. 

install procedure is like this:

loop support has to be disabled from kernel. a new loop.o module capable of aes
is build.

then, a new mount/losetup is needed, so util-linux-2.12 has to be patched.

so, because this is a big change, and its compatible, it won't have a configurable
entry on make menuconfig, and installed always on dl...

anyone/someone/everyone against? agree? opinions?

-- 
-- gnupg keyfingerprint -- 48AF 5BF9 8F54 2966 64CC  2327 7CD0 DD91 B09D 5799
-- Use of a keyboard or mouse may be linked to serious injuries or disorders.  
Diego Torres - dt...@co... - Madrid / España