Hi Mouw,
will dm_crypt or cryptoloop allow me to use my device for doing encryption/decryption, if so can u just give me a hint...
Thanks
Ashok
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 03:52:07PM +0530, ashok.shanmugam@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I have a character device which does the encryption/decryption for
> me. I want to tweak my kernel so that all the files that comes from
> a partition say /tmp/ has to be sent to the driver for
> encryption/decryption, then this encrypted data has to be written to
> the harddisk.
>
> The application isn't aware of encryption/decryption, just does
> write() or read()...
>
> How can i achieve this, is it i need to tweak the vfs_write or should
> i make wrapper for system calls, which is the feasible
> solution...Please help me..
Don't try to reinvent the wheel, just use dm_crypt or cryptoloop, they
both already do what you want.
Erik
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