On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 06:20:35PM -0700, Anil wrote: > Newbie here. I need to use dm-crypt with aes-xts. How is dm-crypt called? Refer to the man-page and the FAQ. > Is it possible to encrypt data while being saved on the fly? That is its job. It is not possible to do it in any other way. > Will there be file filters to encrypt/decrypt while saving > and opening the file? No. > Is aes-xts provided elsewhere as a plugin? or is it part of dmcrypt? Ciphers and modes are the job of the kernel, not dm-crypt. It just uses them. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision. -- Bertrand Russell _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
