Re: /dev/loop3 No appropriate device found

["Bernhard Stoevesandt" <bernhard.stoevesandt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi jari,

thanx a lot. i will surly do so. right now i'm off to work in a different
city but when i'm back i will try it with a version 3.

> Bernhard Stoevesandt wrote:
>> > What does "ls -l /lib/modules/*/block/loop*" command say?
>>
>> Nothing! There is no block subdirectory ...
>
> So you didn't build loop-AES' loop.o module. Your mount attempt fails
> because there is no loop driver available.

this is in a way funny, because it should have been built in the
util-linux section as i remember. obviously it didn't. that's somehow
strange.

>> Zhere is no loop-device. but why? i did patch the util-linux and ran
>> through the instructions given in the README.
>
> You skipped section 3 of README. Section number 3 refers to README file
> from
> loop-AES-v3.1b, I don't remember if it was same number in v1.7 README.

well, i thought i had it all. changing the kernel, patching util-linux and
then installing the important parts - that was it as i remember. but,
well...

>> so i hope the disks will mount also on the new versions.
>
> Your old partitions should mount ok with newer loop-AES version.
>
> Securitywise, your setup is broken and exploitable. I recommend that you
> re-encrypt those partitions using loop-AES version 3 on-disk format.

o.k. i will do. why is that now anyway? because right now the passphrases
are interceptible? thanx again!

bernhard


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