Re: encrypted loop filesystem

Chris Evans (chris@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Thu, 16 Oct 1997 17:10:53 +0100 (BST)


On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, Andrew E. Mileski wrote:

> > Where are the encrypted loop filesystem patches for Linux?
>
> I maintain one at:
> ftp://fractal.mta.ca/pub/crypto-aem/

I can only find /pub/crypto/aem

And in this directory is loop-9. I thought there was a v10?

> > And then, is someone actually using the loop-9 patch?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Does it work well?
>
> Yes. I've not had any problems, nor have my testers.

Hmm, well, I reported a serious(ish) bug, but luckily also the fix :-)
Once I had ironed out the problem, transparent encrypted filesystems work
very well! Very pleasing :)

Chris