On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 09:06:34PM +0200, markus reichelt wrote: > * Arno Wagner <arno@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > * How can I use cryptsetup to mount loop-AES encrypted devices? > > > > (By ttsiodras) With these commands: > > sh# losetup /dev/loop0 /path/to/whatever/file/or/volume > > sh# cryptsetup -c aes-plain -h sha512 create crypted /dev/loop0 > > Enter passphrase: > > sh# mount /dev/mapper/crypted /mnt/heaven > > > > The above work for aes256 - for aes128, use "sha256". > > Wth... > > The user who submitted that must have been hiding under a rock quite > some time. At best, the mentioned foo works for single-key loop-AES > images. That's ancient, and since ages not even slightly a > recommended loop-AES usage. Maybe he can comment on that madness? This is from the original FAQ. I do not know how old it is, but I did not want to drop it in case somebody has old backups or the like done with loop-AES. I will add a note that this may only work in some cases and is not currently recomended loop-AES usage. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
