Re: newbie has some questions

["Udaya Kumar.R" <itsuday@linuxfreemail.com>]

On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Dexter Filmore Wrote :

Dexter :There really is a lot of information about crypto in Linux - enough to utterly
Dexter :confuse me.
Dexter :
Dexter :My goal: being able to create a container file of arbitrary size crypted with
Dexter :AES which I can mount like any other disk/partition and so on.
Dexter :Problem: with only 1 year Linux experience I tend to describe myself as a
Dexter :newbie.
Dexter :
Dexter :I can aplly a patch to kernel src, ok.
Dexter :I can create a container file, create a filesystem on it and mount it, ok.
Dexter :
Dexter :As far as I understand, I need:
Dexter :
Dexter :-the kernel patch providing me with AES support
Dexter :-a patched version of util-linux
Dexter :
Dexter :Is that it? Or am I missing something?
Dexter :
Dexter :Is there a newbie-friendly HOWTO? The ones I found are rather for the more
Dexter :sophisticated users.

There is older-friendly HOWTO , which would aid for 2.2 kernels !
I also checked in CVS repository , it has the older-friendly HOWTO!

   I m not sure whether there is HOWTO for 2.4 kernels , i had read in one of
the mail saying that he had written a HOWTO for 2.4 kernels , anyway check
out the archive !

BTW , r u the famous Dexter personality that comes in cartoon network :) ?

RoadMap for ur. Goal :
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* Get a vanilla kernel of latest stable/unstable version which u opt. for.
   + Check out whether there is international patch available for the
      kernel version u r downloading(this should be done b4 downloading the
      vanilla kernel :)

* Get the international patch which is appr. for ur. kernel version

* Untar the kernel

* Apply the international kernel patch

* Get the latest version of loop-AES tar ball
   + Check out loop-hvr it also supports AES ciphers

* Check out the documentation that comes with loop-AES for futher info.
   + bcoz the way of building the kernel is different for loop-AES and
      loop-hvr.

* RoadMap ends here . Happy Hacking !

Guys check out , that i m not missing anything !

bye.
uday.
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