Re: cryptoloop on 2.4.22 won?t work

[Ben Slusky <sluskyb@paranoiacs.org>]

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 20:13:08 -0400, Ben Slusky wrote:
> Hm... in this case I wouldn't expect it to be. You're using 256-bit
> encryption, but the output of RIPEMD-160 is only 160 bits. It is possible
> that hashalot sets the remaining bits differently than the old losetup code.

Looking over the code that I copied into hashalot, the above explanation 
makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Sorry.

Did you apply both patches (variable-key-size and keygen-prog) to 
util-linux? If you didn't apply the keygen-prog patch then losetup may
mutilate your key.

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