On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 10:05:16AM +0200, Thomas Bächler wrote: > Petar Bogdanovic schrieb: > > since I upgraded util-linux (to core/util-linux-ng; a few minutes ago), > > losetup requires each passphrase to be at least 20 characters long. My > > passphrases are shorter and they were working with util-linux -- how can > > I convert them? > > I see your problem now. While I should be able to fix this later > (hopefully), there are a few things you should know about cryptoloop: > > - There is no guarantee of compatibility across different distributions > or even versions. There have been many reports of breakage after updates > on many distributions. There is no standardization behind cryptoloop and > thus you will eventually be unable to read your encrypted data. > - Nobody likes cryptoloop, the kernel guys want it out of the kernel, > the util-linux-ng guys want it out of losetup. > - You should be able to open cryptoloop volumes with cryptsetup and > dm-crypt instead (cryptsetup create) if you find the right options, this > should be a lot safer than using losetup. > - If you _really_ want to use encryption, you should use cryptsetup and > LUKS, which ensures compatibility to future versions due to > standardization. However, you have to re-create your encrypted volumes, > as the on-disk format is incompatible to the losetup stuff.
Thanks, I wasn't aware of that. At least the first note would make a great man-page addition. :) Kind regards, Petar _______________________________________________ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
