Re: [PATCH] losetup: support password hashing and specifying the key length

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LaMont Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 05:28:20PM +0200, Ludwig Nussel wrote:
> > This patch is based on debian's. sha512.c is from loop-AES. Even
> > though cryptoloop is deprecated people may still prefer to access
> > existing volumes via cryptoloop instead of dm-crypt.
> 
> As discussed privately, here is a merged version.
> 
> I'm inclined to keep the -N option for the installed base, even while
> changing the default from rmd160 to sha512 and forcing users to change.
> OTOH, I'm willing to listen to reasons to eliminate -N completely.
> 
> The patch also includes associated manpage edits.

Fine with me. I doubt that removing -N would hurt the debian user
base though. I guess noone sane would deliberately use that option.

cu
Ludwig

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