> First of all, in util-linux 2.12 the keybits option is gone > I wanted to have losetup/mount hash the passphrase The patches I got were maximal, too much junk. So I went for a minimal version instead. It is usable (when the kernel part is stable, which it isn't today) but mount/losetup may well acquire a few options before it is conveniently usable. (I do not read crypto lists, and see only a very small fraction of what passes by on lk, so if you want to influence util-linux an explicit cc is a good idea.) > has the encryption setup changed again since 2.4.x with hvr's > testing cryptoapi stuff? cryptoloop as it went in is essentially hvr's. Andries - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/