From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.saout.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.saout.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id yHZhVFifQkon for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2012 03:29:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from v4.tansi.org (ns.km33513-03.keymachine.de [87.118.94.3]) by mail.saout.de (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2012 03:29:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from gatewagner.dyndns.org (84-72-142-78.dclient.hispeed.ch [84.72.142.78]) by v4.tansi.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 521FF1404001 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2012 03:29:15 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 03:29:14 +0200 From: Arno Wagner Message-ID: <20120904012914.GA22939@tansi.org> References: <1346721635.29083.YahooMailNeo@web161504.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1346721635.29083.YahooMailNeo@web161504.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] (no subject) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 06:20:35PM -0700, Anil wrote: > Newbie here. I need to use dm-crypt with aes-xts. How is dm-crypt called? Refer to the man-page and the FAQ. > Is it possible to encrypt data while being saved on the fly? That is its job. It is not possible to do it in any other way. > Will there be file filters to encrypt/decrypt while saving > and opening the file? No. > Is aes-xts provided elsewhere as a plugin? or is it part of dmcrypt? Ciphers and modes are the job of the kernel, not dm-crypt. It just uses them. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@wagner.name GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision. -- Bertrand Russell