Re: cryptoloop on 2.4.22 won?t work

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On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 06:48:29PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 10:16:59PM -0400, Ben Slusky wrote:
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> OK. I missed this. I didn't patch util-linux 2.12 at all.
> 
> I'll try again.
> 

With patched util-linux 2.12 (and hashalot) I'm now able to succesfully mount 
the crypto-fs!

Thank you very much!

-- Pasi Kärkkäinen
       
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