On 08 Jul 2001 19:25:09 -0700, IT3 Stuart B. Tener, USNR-R wrote: > Mr. Warner, et al.: > > I recently checked my Linux configuration, and noticed that I hadn't ticked > off the experimental crypto box under the loop back device. Now I was able > to use the losetup to do crypto. Why does everyone say its broken? Seems to > have worked for me (using the 2.4.6 kernel + 2.4.6 kernel I-patch). Am I > missing something here? Glad I could help. By the way I noted that you should do this the first time around: "Did you compile in all the relevant kernel options? (Loopback, enable loopback encryption, the separate set of crypto options?)" Regards, Adam PS: Thanks Jari for the info that Loop-AES is SMP safe. Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/