Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:56:04 +1100 (EST) | From | James Morris <> | Subject | Re: linux 2.5: crypto core + block devices + ??? |
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On 18 Feb 2003, desrt wrote:
> Looking at the way the crypto api works (ie: skatterlists) makes it seem > vaguely compatible with what I've read about the new block device IO > mechanisms in 2.5. Is this an accident? Is there some generic crypto > support for block devices planned that will obsolete using the loopback > driver to this end? (like the pages get decrypted upon loading into the > buffer cache from the physical media or whatever? i'm not really sure > how all the block device stuff works,...) >
Nothing like this is planned that I'm aware of.
> If there are no deeper motives here and the intention is to continue > supporting encrypted filesystems via the loopback interface, is there > anyone working on the project?
Yes, a few people have been working on loopback crypto support for 2.5, see the cryptoapi-devel archives.
- James -- James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au>
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