Crypto users: I have decided (for the moment) to standardize on the Mandrake 8.0 distribution of Linux for my installation. I have also read much more about the "International Patch" and its capabilities, and simply having an encrypted filesystem is not enough for me now. While that is the first and foremost issue I wish to tackle at the moment, I am interested in why some people the think the entire International Patch is garbage, and useless. I am told it does work to some extent. In the Mandrake arena, does anyone know of a site which is keeping patches and such going for Mandrake folks? Does anyone know what Mandrakes position on supporting crypto will be in current and future releases (as Debian is rumored to be supporting crypto now). I have gotten a spare HD to use as a "development" HD for this crypto project. I started by downloading the 2.4.5 source for Mandrake's kernel, and am going to build it once I get the crypto filesystem stuff working (rebuilding mount, umount, losetup, and loop.o currently). Very Respectfully, Stuart Blake Tener, IT3, USNR-R, N3GWG VTU 1904G (Volunteer Training Unit) stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx west coast: (310)-358-0202 P.O. Box 16043, Beverly Hills, CA 90209-2043 east coast: (215)-338-6005 P.O. Box 45859, Philadelphia, PA 19149-5859 Telecopier: (419)-715-6073 fax to email gateway via www.efax.com (it's free!) JOIN THE US NAVY RESERVE, SERVE YOUR COUNTRY, AND BENEFIT FROM IT ALL. Saturday, June 30, 2001 10:06 PM
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