From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by vger.rutgers.edu via listexpand id <157328-27300>; Sat, 30 Jan 1999 19:22:29 -0500 Received: by vger.rutgers.edu id <157232-27300>; Sat, 30 Jan 1999 19:22:09 -0500 Received: from knox3-dial-50.vic.com ([208.150.219.50]:62875 "EHLO rd.novaone.dynip.com" ident: "zoot") by vger.rutgers.edu with ESMTP id <157166-27300>; Sat, 30 Jan 1999 19:22:03 -0500 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.1 [p0] on Linux Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 19:17:03 -0500 (EST) From: rdicaire@vic.com To: Kernel Mailing List Subject: DES encryption in loop device (kernel 2.2.1) Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu 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? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/