Re: Ciphers for loopback devices?

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It seems that this approach requires a kernel patch. 

My feeling is that for for a casual user, one that
does not have the resources to tinker with the kernel every couple
of weeks, this is not a viable option.

Is there a non kernel modifying solution? 
Does anyone knows why Redhat choose not to support encryption in losetup?


>>From the source, losetup recognizes only "none", "xor" and "des".
>>I do not see how recompiling it, will change that.

>You're right... Apparently you have to get a patch for util-linux from
>http://www.kerneli.org/index.php

>http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cryptoapi/util-linux-2.11r.patch.bz2?download

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