Thanks for replying.
You said,
"Ciphers and modes are the job of the kernel, not dm-crypt."
I am trying to understand if proprietary software can be used with dm-crypt.
I read it is in GPL mode. Which version? GPL v2, v3, LGPL...?
For example, there is some in-house proprietary developed code for AES-XTS.
If I understood your reply correctly, then dm-crypt will call these functions loaded into the kernel
and there will not be any problem as the GPL code (dm-crypt) will not be linked with the proprietary code.
Is that so?
From: Arno Wagner <arno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, September 3, 2012 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: (no subject)
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
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