Re: Announce loop-AES-v1.6e file/swap crypto package

[Gian Piero Carzino <gianpiero.carzino@fastwebnet.it>]

Jari wrote:

> Good setups:
>
>     ext2 -> loop -> partition
>     ext3 -> loop -> partition
>     reiserfs -> loop -> partition
>     ext2 -> loop -> ext2 -> partition
>     ext2 -> loop -> reiserfs -> partition
>     reiserfs -> loop -> ext3 -> partition
>                          ^
>
>                     data=journal
>                         or
>                     data=ordered
>
> Bad setups:
>
>     reiserfs -> loop -> reiserfs -> partition
>     reiserfs -> loop -> ext2 -> partition
>     ext3 -> loop -> ext2 -> partition

If I catch the point:
   ext3 -> loop -> ext3 -> partition
should be OK (as long as second ext3 is in data orderd or journal)
Is that so?

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Gian Piero Carzino
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