Re: Linux distro w/loop-aes

[Eloy Paris <peloy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 11:28:06AM +0100, Paul Walker wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 11:34:32PM -0400, Michael Bernstein wrote:
>
> > I was wondering if any of the major Linux distributions integrate
> > loop-aes and/or facilitiate its installation. I've general found
> > extensive tweaks
>
> Debian makes it pretty easy; a simple "apt-get install
> loop-aes-modules-2.6-amd64" was enough to pull in the modules for me.
>
> They also supply a loop-aes-source package if you build your own
> kernel, which you can use with some of their tools to create a
> loop-aes package of your own.

I haven't used a recent version of the Debian Installer for etch
(Debian's upcoming new release) but I believe that it now supports
setting up encrypted partitions at installation time, which would save a
lot of trouble and pain.

Max Vozeler should know more about the details since he's the Debian
loop-aes advocate and maintains the loop-aes packages in Debian. Max?

Cheers,

Eloy.-


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