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

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

Hank Leininger wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Jari Ruusu wrote:
> > Loop-AES does the alloc/release, so it can't be used to encrypt swap.
> 
> Bummer :(  How hard would this be to change; do you have any plans to
> support it?  If I ask really nicely?  (Is it even possible--perhaps the
> ability to allocate/release memory is what helps it be fully reentrant,
> etc, not depending on static buffers, and so this can't be changed?)

Well, if loop driver has no right to modify the original data in-place and
does not have right to allocate buffer to hold the encrypted data, what can
you do?

Patches are welcome.

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

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