Pierre BETOUIN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Le mar 26/11/2002 � 23:14, Sascha Noyes a �crit : > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > You can encrypt a filesystem in harddrake. click "toggle to expert mode", and > > click on options. Unfortunately the password has to be at least 20 character. > > Sorry, but i just can't put important data on a filesystem encrypted with 20 > > characters, my memory is just not that good ;-) > > This has been implemented since 8.1 I think. I have tried every possible way > > to get the mandrake guys to change the minimum characters down to something > > sane: > > emailed cooker list during devel process of 8.1 multiple times > > emailed cooker list during devel process of 9.0 multiple times > > submitted it to mandrake-expert > > submitted a patch to mandrake bugzilla, > It would be great but a passphrase too short can have strong problem on > algorithms... An algo is sometimes useless if the passphrase is too > short.
maybe that's the case. I don't really know. I do know we have a patch on util-linux called loop-AES, but this is all i know about this. if someone follows loop-AES and can tell more, he's welcome!
