"IT3 Stuart B. Tener, USNR-R" wrote: > Mr. Ruusu: > > I get the distinct sense that you feel that by choosing the "International > Patch" I am somehow attempting to defame or ignore your work. Mr. Adam > Warner and you seem to be of very differing opinions. I question why you say > the International Patch is broken. I am using the new "2.4.6" version of it > (with a 2.4.6 kernel under Mandrake 8). > > a) It installed flawlessly (though I did install the standard Linus version > of 2.4.6 kernel first) > b) I created a loop back device with it, and in fact was able to mkreiserfs > on the device, mount it, and write data to it with crypto above the > mkreiserfs > > I am not trying to argue your intelligence or be condescending, but the fact > that you may know (for fact perhaps) that something is broken in the > International Patch, I just wonder what it is? Perhaps the broken portion is > a portion I am not using. > > So, I ask then, how is the International Patch broken if I (a newbie to > using this software) was able to accomplish its implementation and use? As > well, why is there very little warning against the installation of the patch > from people on other crypto lists (I searched www.dejanews.com)? > > Can someone tell me: > > a) What is broken (specifically) > b) What versions are known (test) to have such failures > c) How definitively does it impact the operation of the remainder of the > I-patch? > d) Why create simply another piece of software as a work around (Loop AES > package) when Mr. Ruusu and others could work with the authors of the > I-patch to effectuate a power and bug-free release with additional features? http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/2001-06/msg00014.html http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2001-26/0589.html http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/2001-07/msg00010.html Regards, Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@xxxxxxxxxx> Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
