I guess I don't understand not wanting to recompile the kernel -- you need
to recompile the kernel anyway just to have an efficient system, crypto or
not. And if you want to build loop-aes "on top of the kernel src rpms" aren't
you then going to need to compile that kernel src to get it to work?
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 01:11:46PM -0400, Chris Kuklewicz wrote:
> Starting from the redhat 7.3 kernel src rpms, disabling the loop module
> is fairly easy. Are there easy directions somewhere for then building
> loop-aes on top of the kernel src rpms?
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 10:58:36AM -0400, Glytch wrote:
> > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 07:29:22 +0530
> > Sridhar N <srin@symonds.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > > Most of the cryptographic Filesystems that I've come across need
> > > kernel
> > > patching and recompilation. Where can I get a solid encrypted file
> > > system that uses kernel modules and supports journaling FS like ext3 and
> > > reiserfs ?
> > >
> > > regards
> > > Sridhar
> > >
> >
> > What you need is Loop-AES. (http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/) You will
> > need to patch mount and losetup, but not the kernel. Make sure that
> > Loopback support is *not* compiled in your kernel before starting with
> > this. The tarballs on the site have all the details you need.
> >
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