Re: your mail

From: Jens Axboe (axboe@suse.de)
Date: Wed Jan 09 2002 - 13:17:36 EST


On Wed, Jan 09 2002, Michael Zhu wrote:
> >
> > This may be a troll. How would you boot? Who
> decrypts during the
> > boot?
> >
>
> You mean that the loop device couldn't en/decrypt the
> whole data on the disk? That mean the loop device
> could implement the block level en/decryption.

Please, read up on the loop crypto stuff off-list. Most of these
questions are very FAQ. You can loop crypto a whole disk or partition of
you want.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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