Re: Announce loop-AES-v2.0c file/swap crypto package

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On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 05:58:11PM +0200, Jari Ruusu wrote:
> 2)  Kernel 2.6 cryptoloop will not work properly with encrypted swap.
>     Encrypted swap needs memory pre-allocation.

Anyway to fix this or is sticking w 2.4.23 + patch-cryptoloop-jari the
recommended (and the most secure) option at the moment?

> 5)  If Andrew Morton's loop changes get merged to mainline loop, kernel 2.6
>     cryptoloop will no longer work reliably with journaled file systems.
>     (same why reason I don't recommend using journaled file systems with
>     file backed loops)

Has journaling file systems ever been recommended when using cryptoloop?

/Thomas
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