[Grml] loop-AES removed: PANIC

Alexander Wirt formorer at formorer.de
Wed Mar 7 11:17:21 CET 2012


Ulrich Dangel schrieb am Mittwoch, den 07. März 2012:

> * Fog_Watch wrote [07.03.12 02:03]:
> > I downloaded Knecht Rootrecht overnight, booted it this morning and
> > thought I'ld just check whether it still contained loop-AES.  It
> > doesn't.  IT DOESN'T.  AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.  First, Knoppix, now
> > GRML.  PANIC.
>  
> AFAIK loop-aes is deprecated and you should switch sooner rather than
> later to dm-crypt or luks.
> 
> > Loop-AES is fast, efficient, cool, essential and all my software and
> > data sit on it.
>  
> loop-aes is not essential. It is afaik an external kernel module
> and was never integrated into upstream.
jftr dm-crypt can mount cryptoloop: 
http://fob.po8.org/node/516

Alex
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