Mr. Bouissou:
Never mind! Boy did I make a mistake. I realized your directory
structure, and have also found the README. Now I am clear on it, and have
downloaded it all.
- Make a backup copy of the following files, in case you would
need them back:
- /sbin/losetup
- /bin/mount
- /bin/umount
Correct me if I am wrong, but I think if an RPM is built with that
in mind, the RPM can actually make the backups for you in a more automated
manner, no? This way the RPM installation would create the backups leaving
less room for mistakes on installation.
Very Respectfully,
Stuart Blake Tener, IT3, USNR-R, N3GWG
Beverly Hills, California
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Wednesday, September 26, 2001 9:47 AM
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michel Bouissou
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 9:14 AM
To: linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Announce] New cryptoapi RPM packages for Mandrake 8.1
*** M I R R O R S W A N T E D ***
[Announce] New cryptoapi RPM packages for Mandrake 8.1
Hello,
I have compiled ready-for-use RPM packages for Linux cryptoapi,
for Linux-Mandrake 8.1
These packages bring cryptoapi support to Linux, for on-the-fly
encrypted filesystems, a feature comparable to what tools like
Scramdisk or PGPDisk do on other proprietary OSes.
These packages come in 2 flavours:
- 1 "light" installation consisting of 3 small RPMS for losetup, mount, and
cryptoapi-standalone, which can be installed without touching the kernel on
a Vanilla Mandrake 8.1
- 1 "complete" installation consisting of RPMs for losetup, mount, and
cryptoapi-ivmode, plus a complete series of kernel 2.4.8-26 packages,
patched
and rebuilt to allow iv-mode-sector support for loopback encrypted
filesystems.
The first set of packages is light to download and install, but encrypted
volume created with it may not be portable from one device to another.
The 2nd set of packages is more complete, and allows encrypted volumes to be
portable, but it is much bigger to download and a little more complex to
install.
These packages are experimental and non-official, they are not
supported by Mandrakesoft.
This packages were made on a Mandrake 8.1rc1 system and are fully
compatable with it. They should be as well compatable with the official
Mandrake 8.1 upcoming release.
They may also be compatable with recent RedHats, but this is yet untested.
The documentation file describing these packages in detail is available at:
ftp.i-quake.com/pub/crypto/linux/cryptoapi/mandrake-unofficial/8.1/RPMS/
cryptoapi-2.4.7.0-2.4.8_26.README.txt
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**
The cryptoapi RPMs and related packages are available from:
ftp.i-quake.com/pub/crypto/linux/cryptoapi/mandrake-unofficial/8.1/
****************************************************************************
**
If you wish to mirror these packages on other FTP sites, please feel free
to do so.
There is no "home" web page related to this RPM build.
Please refer to the Sourceforge Cryptoapi page at:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/cryptoapi/
****************************************************************************
**
Your feedback and comments are welcome.
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