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| The 'dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/loop0' is the classic method to encrypt a file | system in place. Ancient versions of loop-AES used that method to encrypt | root file system in-place. But since root file system encryption had to be | done using rescue boot-CD or boot-floppy kernel, all of which didn't have | encrypted loop device support, not everyone was able to do the encryption. | Aespipe has the advantage that is does not require any encrypted loop device | support from the kernel, and as such works with all kernels, even non-linux | kernels.
Thanks for clarification. I didn't take into account compatibility with kernels without loop-aes support; indeed it is strong feature of aes-pipe method. However, good to see the "classic" method is secure, so I can use it in my app, where kernel support for loop-aes is assumed.
Greetings Pawel Pokrywka
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- Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
