Re: Announce loop-AES-v1.3b file crypto package

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

Dale Amon wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 06:39:16PM -0700, IT3 Stuart B. Tener, USNR-R wrote:
> > a) It installed flawlessly (though I did install the standard Linus version
> > of 2.4.6 kernel first)
> > b) I created a loop back device with it, and in fact was able to mkreiserfs
> > on the device, mount it, and write data to it with crypto above the
> > mkreiserfs
> >
> 
> Likewise, I have been using the 2.4.3 international patch
> and running multiple machines with reiserfs on top of a
> crypto loopback on top of a raw raid1 set for over 4 months
> and have had no problem.
> 
> I have applied the international patches and built kernels
> for a large number of machines, from laptops to desktop to
> servers, all without pain or bother.
> 
> I have had exactly zero trouble with the international
> patches except for the cases where they seriously lagged
> mainstream kernel release.

patch-int-2.4.6.bz2 available from HVR's web site is still the same time
bomb waiting to explode as patch-int-2.4.3.1.bz2.

Have you actually audited that code?

I have audited some of it. Conclusion: BROKEN

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

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