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SubjectRe: dm-crypt using kthread (was: Oopsing cryptoapi (or loop device?) on 2.6.*)
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Am Mo, den 16.02.2004 schrieb Andrew Morton um 02:53:

> > + This device-mapper target allows you to create a device that
> > + transparently encrypts the data on it. You'll need to activate
> > + the required ciphers in the cryptoapi configuration in order to
> > + be able to use it.
>
> Is there more documentation that this? I'd imagine a lot of crypto-loop
> users wouldn't have a clue how to get started on dm-crypt, especially if
> they have not used device mapper before.

Yes, there is. I'm going to collect it and put something together.

> And how do they migrate existing encrypted filesytems?

The current on-disk-layout is compatible with cryptoloop. The IV
generation mechanism is flexible though and will be extended to allow
for a more secure IV generation (like using a hash algorithm).

At the moment it supports no IC (ECB mode) or plain IV (sector number
truncated to 32 bit as IV).


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