Announce: loop-AES-v1.2d file crypto package

[Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi>]

In short: If file crypto is all you need, this package is a hassle free
replacement for Alexander Kjeldaas' international crypto patch.

This package provides a loadable Linux kernel module (loop.o) that has AES
cipher built-in. The AES cipher can be used to encrypt local filesystems and
disk partitions. For more information about compiling and using the driver,
see the README file in the package.

Changes since previous release:
- Newer AES cipher implementation from Dr Brian Gladman, with precomputed
  lookup tables and little speed improvement.
- Support for old 2.0 kernels.
- Makefile now runs "depmod -a" instead of "depmod" after installing
  loop.o driver.

Features:
- No source modifications to kernel. No patch hassles when a new version of
  kernel is released.
- Works with 2.0, 2.2 and 2.4 kernels.
- AES cipher is used in CBC mode. Supports 128, 192 and 256 bit keys.
- Passwords hashed with SHA-256, SHA-384 or SHA-512.
- 512 byte based IV. IV is immune to variations in transfer size and does
  not depend on filesystem block size.

Note to existing users: All previous releases should work fine. Only the
"depmod -a" change in the Makefile is a bugfix, and even that does not
affect loop driver, but may affect other modules in non-standard locations.

bzip2 compressed tarball is here:

    http://members.surfeu.fi/ce6c8edf/loop-AES-v1.2d.tar.bz2
    md5sum dd889db409d87e959311f419a99ef5ba

PGP signature file, my public key, and fingerprint here:

    http://members.surfeu.fi/ce6c8edf/loop-AES-v1.2d.tar.bz2.sign
    http://members.surfeu.fi/ce6c8edf/PGP-public-key.asc
    1024/3A220F51 5B 4B F9 BB D3 3F 52 E9  DB 1D EB E3 24 0E A9 DD

Regards, 
Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi>

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