From: hpa@transmeta.com (H. Peter Anvin)
To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: Re: DES encryption in loop device (kernel 2.2.1)
Date: 31 Jan 1999 02:24:18 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <790esi$3kl$1@palladium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: XFMail.990130193525.rdicaire@vic.com
Followup to: <XFMail.990130193525.rdicaire@vic.com>
By author: rdicaire@vic.com
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> In trying to DES encrypt a loop mounted ext2 file system, I get the
> following errors:
>
> losetup -e des /dev/loop4 MYFILE3
> Password: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Init (up to 16 hex digits): xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument
>
> Using XOR works but we all know XOR isn't secure. Is there a patch
> to fix this?
>
Have you included the international kernel patch from kerneli.org?
Otherwise, you're getting a crypto-less kernel.
-hpa
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1999-01-31 0:17 DES encryption in loop device (kernel 2.2.1) rdicaire
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