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trapni
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 Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 7:59 am Post subject: crypted FSs, crypto-api vs. loop-aes and util-linux :( |
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hi all,
I once was trying to use loop-aes to encrypt my local file systems.
loop-aes has the VERY big advantage of having gpg support, however, it is not really very official to gentoo so upgrading would be very hard each dirty time.
crypto-api is said to be able to encrypt devices, too. Is it also possible to encrypt root filesystems with it? if so, how? can someone point me to a nice howto?
It's also not very clear what to use, crypto-api (via useflag crypt) or aes-crypt (which shall be loop-aes/aespipe?)
Also, the current util-linux (2.12) has the crypto stuff commented out. This is NOT really funny, so, how to encrypt devices with gentoo finally?
Many thanks,
Christian Parpart. |
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neuron
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 9:32 am Post subject: Re: crypted FSs, crypto-api vs. loop-aes and util-linux :( |
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| trapni wrote: | hi all,
Also, the current util-linux (2.12) has the crypto stuff commented out. This is NOT really funny, so, how to encrypt devices with gentoo finally?
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emerge =sys-apps/util-linux-2.11z-r7
and there are some howto's in the documentation tips and tricks forum  |
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trapni
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 12:52 pm Post subject: Re: crypted FSs, crypto-api vs. loop-aes and util-linux :( |
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[quote="neuron"] | trapni wrote: | | and there are some howto's in the documentation tips and tricks forum |
Sorry, but I did not find any on how to create an encrypted root fs using CryptoAPI.
Thanks,
Christian Parpart. |
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