Mr. Warner: What is the problem with the I-patch though? 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. Sunday, July 08, 2001 8:22 PM -----Original Message----- From: owner-linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Adam Warner Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 8:18 PM To: linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Using Crypto under LM8+2.4.6 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/ Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
