Re: [a bit OT] encrypting filesystems

From: Jelle Foks (jelle@flying.demon.nl)
Date: Sun Mar 26 2000 - 17:40:49 EST


On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, Janne Liimatainen wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Sorry for the ot'ness, couldn't think of a better place to ask...
>
> I need to encrypt a 100 gig drive and all the implementations seem to use
> loopback, which seems to loop a bit too well on the 2 gig mark...

Hmm, maybe it's a bit crazy, but why not use 50 separate pieces of 2GB
encrypted loop devices, and paste them together using RAID? (can linux
handle 50 loop devices simultaneously?).

> Does loopback do more than 2 gigs on 2.3/2.4? All ideas to solve the
> problem are appreciated very much.
>
> TIA
>
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> Janne Liimatainen <janne.liimatainen@graftor.com>
>
>
>
>
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