On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 08:32:13PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > 2.6.3-mm1 'dm-crypt vs. cryptoloop' discussion was some time ago, it is > > > time to bring this up again: > > > http://kerneltrap.org/node/2433 > > > > Are you a troll? > > > > This is not something to be quoted by anybody serious. > > > > Andrew referred to "well-known weaknesses" in cryptoloop, > > and when I inquired it turned out that what he referred to > > were properties of cryptoloop and dm-crypt alike, so that > > his remarks that started that discussion were misguided. > > > > Of course people may prefer dm-crypt or cryptoloop or loop-aes, > > just like people prefer ide-cd or ide-scsi. > > > > I have not yet seen a valid reason to deprecate one of these three > > very soon. > > I'd say that "no-maintainer" + "maintained code can do the same" is enough, > but... > I thought that ide-scsi was deprecated, too?
You can attach a file to loopback and then run dm-crypt on top of that, so I think it's completely duplicate functionality at this point. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
