I redirected your question to the proper eCryptfs list. Please use it in the future. http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#ecryptfs On Wed Jun 08, 2011 at 01:05:50PM -0700, Ram Bhamidipaty <rambham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I want to use ecryptfs with the AES cipher. I want to use a pass phrase. > > How is the pass phrase converted into an AES key? For example could > I specify the actual AES key as a hex string? 8 bytes of salt combined with the passphrase is iteratively hashed, using sha512, 65536 times. There is not a way for you to specify an AES key directly. > > Thanks for any info. > -Ram > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs > Post to : ecryptfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ecryptfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
