Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 20 May 2001 23:11:13 +0300 | From | Jari Ruusu <> | Subject | Re: serpent loopback crypto "EXT2-fs: group descriptors corrupted" |
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spam goes to /dev/null wrote: > i created a 10mb file called .enc2 with random data and ran "# losetup -e > serpent -k 128 /dev/loop0 /mnt/hda7/.enc2" > then i ran "# mke2fs /dev/loop0" and tried to "# mount /dev/loop0 /enc". but > i get the following error messages when trying to mount: > > May 19 21:32:10 HOST2 kernel: EXT2-fs error (device loop(7,0)): > ext2_check_descriptors: Block bitmap for group 16 not in group (block 0)! > May 19 21:32:10 HOST2 kernel: EXT2-fs: group descriptors corrupted ! > > im using kernel 2.4.4 patched with crypto patch 2.4.3.1 [and util linux > 2.11a patched with the patch from that crypto patch] > i also got the same errors with a 2gb file and by creating the loop device > directly on my 19.5gb /dev/hda7 > i tried a few times again and sometimes the encrypted loopback fs works > perfectly, sometimes the error occurs!? > anyone got an idea what this is!? i will supply more information on request
International crypto patch is misdesigned and broken, period. If you don't want to play russian roulette with your data, you should consider using loop-AES package. loop-AES announcement is here:
http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/2001-05/msg00003.html
Regards, Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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