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Re: Encrypted FS modules
Starting from the redhat 7.3 kernel src rpms, disabling the loop module
is fairly easy. Are there easy directions somewhere for then building
loop-aes on top of the kernel src rpms?
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 10:58:36AM -0400, Glytch wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 07:29:22 +0530
> Sridhar N <srin@symonds.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > Most of the cryptographic Filesystems that I've come across need
> > kernel
> > patching and recompilation. Where can I get a solid encrypted file
> > system that uses kernel modules and supports journaling FS like ext3 and
> > reiserfs ?
> >
> > regards
> > Sridhar
> >
>
> What you need is Loop-AES. (http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/) You will
> need to patch mount and losetup, but not the kernel. Make sure that
> Loopback support is *not* compiled in your kernel before starting with
> this. The tarballs on the site have all the details you need.
>
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