On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 20:13:08 -0400, Ben Slusky wrote: > Hm... in this case I wouldn't expect it to be. You're using 256-bit > encryption, but the output of RIPEMD-160 is only 160 bits. It is possible > that hashalot sets the remaining bits differently than the old losetup code. Looking over the code that I copied into hashalot, the above explanation makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Sorry. Did you apply both patches (variable-key-size and keygen-prog) to util-linux? If you didn't apply the keygen-prog patch then losetup may mutilate your key. -- Ben Slusky | Four quadrillion is a big sluskyb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | number... It is even larger sluskyb@xxxxxxxxxx | than the U.S. National Debt. PGP keyID ADA44B3B | -Andrew S. Tannenbaum - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
