Re: [Devil-linux-develop] vacation

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On 11/29/2003 09:57:46 PM Diego Torres wrote:
>On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 02:56:33PM -0800, Dean Nedelman wrote:
>
>> Diego - what are you proposing?  To have the DL ISO image be AES
>encrypted,
>> or to allow users to create AES encrypted file systems?
>
>hope this clarifies some points about AES.
>
>the loop-aes module is built instead the loop kernel module. it has the
>same
>functionality PLUS being capable supporting AES encryption calls. (so
>it can
>be used for encrypting filesystems also).
>
>i don't want to make the dl iso aes encrypted. this won't add any value
>to dl.
>
>i want loop-aes so i may create encrypted filesystems on a hard disk
>(through
>a loopback module or on the whole filesystem). for example, per user
>encrypted
>home directories.

I personally think it's a good idea to include it.
We have to ensure that the new loop fs really is compatible with the old
one.

One thing has to be clear when you guys want to use a encrypted loop fs:
you have to enter the password during bootup, otherwise it doesn't make any
sense !

So if you guys want to include it, ensure all the above works fine with the
current 1.1 series and then go ahead.

Heiko