Re: difference betw cryptsetup and script

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On 10/18/2009 10:14 PM, Si St wrote:
> I am wondering if there is a important difference between the bin cryptsetup program and the script that can be downloaded from her:

The script is obsolete.

> 
> , well,actually both the proposed table-input to dmsetup:
> 
> 0 <sector count> crypt <sector format> <key> <IV offset> <real device> <sector offset>

The description is very old, but the mapping table format is still compatible.
(Using dmsetup is really for low-level operation, except for very special reasons
you do not need that. Use cryptsetup & LUKS if possible.)

The homepage of cryptsetup is now
http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/

(but I am sure cryptsetup is available in default OpenSuSE installation already)
 
Milan
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