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Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] cryptsetup and loop-AES devices
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To: Markus Porto <porto@thp.Uni-Koeln.DE>
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On 12/03/2010 08:11 PM, Markus Porto wrote:
> Hello,
> In Debian squeeze, somehow loop-AES does not to work anymore (there are a
> couple of reports concerning that), but I read on your web page
> http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions that
> dm-crypt can also handle loop-AES encrypted devices.

cryptsetup (resp dm-crypt) cannot handle loop-aes multikey yet.
(that info is just about old setups)

I want to add some compatibility mode but it is not priority currently
(it requires kernel patch).

Milan