From: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com>
To: Si St <sigbj-st@operamail.com>
Cc: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] difference betw cryptsetup and script
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:33:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ADB7B82.6000704@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091018201402.7A2767BD71@ws5-10.us4.outblaze.com>
On 10/18/2009 10:14 PM, Si St wrote:
> I am wondering if there is a important difference between the bin cryptsetup program and the script that can be downloaded from her:
The script is obsolete.
>
> , well,actually both the proposed table-input to dmsetup:
>
> 0 <sector count> crypt <sector format> <key> <IV offset> <real device> <sector offset>
The description is very old, but the mapping table format is still compatible.
(Using dmsetup is really for low-level operation, except for very special reasons
you do not need that. Use cryptsetup & LUKS if possible.)
The homepage of cryptsetup is now
http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/
(but I am sure cryptsetup is available in default OpenSuSE installation already)
Milan
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mbroz@redhat.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-18 20:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-18 20:14 [dm-crypt] difference betw cryptsetup and script Si St
2009-10-18 20:33 ` Milan Broz [this message]
2009-10-19 11:15 ` Ludwig Nussel
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