Hi Alexander, you may want to look here for simple step by tep guide on how to encrypt partitions with luks encryption.
http://www.linuxconfig.org/Partition_Encryption On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 7:53 AM, markus reichelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 08:03:48PM +0200, Maciej Korze? wrote: >>> Alexander Golovin wrote: >>>> [...] >>>> 2. Created the cryptographic device mapper: cryptsetup -y >>>> create crypt /dev/hda6 (entered passphrase twice) [...] >>> >>> cryptoloop is not the best choice: >>> http://mareichelt.de/pub/texts.cryptoloop.php. >>> :-) > > First of all, that's not cryptoloop Alexander is using. It's dm-crypt > and that's gotten A LOT better since kernels prior to 2.6.10. > > >>it seems that was true for pre 2.6.10. not saying dm-crypt is >>better than loop-aes, not sure what the status is now > > It's mentioned in the text linked. > > "By now" dm-crypt is mature enough to handle one's data safely, > regarding cryptography. From what I read on the dm-crypt mailinglist > every now and then, I'd still recommend loop-AES over dm-crypt for > stability and reliability alone. YMMW, of course. > > Again, the text linked was/is not meant to diss certain crypto > implementations but warn about potentially significant flaws of > current crypto implementations. > > > -- > left blank, right bald -- lubo http://www.linuxconfig.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
