hi jari, thanx a lot. i will surly do so. right now i'm off to work in a different city but when i'm back i will try it with a version 3. > Bernhard Stoevesandt wrote: >> > What does "ls -l /lib/modules/*/block/loop*" command say? >> >> Nothing! There is no block subdirectory ... > > So you didn't build loop-AES' loop.o module. Your mount attempt fails > because there is no loop driver available. this is in a way funny, because it should have been built in the util-linux section as i remember. obviously it didn't. that's somehow strange. >> Zhere is no loop-device. but why? i did patch the util-linux and ran >> through the instructions given in the README. > > You skipped section 3 of README. Section number 3 refers to README file > from > loop-AES-v3.1b, I don't remember if it was same number in v1.7 README. well, i thought i had it all. changing the kernel, patching util-linux and then installing the important parts - that was it as i remember. but, well... >> so i hope the disks will mount also on the new versions. > > Your old partitions should mount ok with newer loop-AES version. > > Securitywise, your setup is broken and exploitable. I recommend that you > re-encrypt those partitions using loop-AES version 3 on-disk format. o.k. i will do. why is that now anyway? because right now the passphrases are interceptible? thanx again! bernhard - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
