Re: How to user reiser4 and crypt plugin ??

2005-07-02 Thread Xuân Baldauf
Edward Shishkin wrote: Keven Murphy wrote: Hello, I have read so much about reiser4 and the crypto plugin. What I have not found is any docs on how to set up a partition using the plugin. Hello. Crypto transform is unsupported for a while, That's too bad. Because if you do not use the

Re: How to user reiser4 and crypt plugin ??

2005-06-28 Thread Hubert Chan
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:15:38 -0400, Gregory Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On 6/28/05, Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Isn't dm-crypt the new way of doing this? Yes and no. dm-crypt is >> recommended over cryptoloop. But there is also loop-AES, which is >> more secure (in some

Re: How to user reiser4 and crypt plugin ??

2005-06-28 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On 6/28/05, Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Isn't dm-crypt the new way of doing this? > Yes and no. dm-crypt is recommended over cryptoloop. But there is also > loop-AES, which is more secure (in some modes) than dm-crypt (currently). There is now support for both LRW-AES and ESSIV in

Re: How to user reiser4 and crypt plugin ??

2005-06-28 Thread Hubert Chan
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:24:45 -0500, David Masover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hubert Chan wrote: >> But using a journaled filesystem on a device-based loopback should be >> fine. > Isn't dm-crypt the new way of doing this? Yes and no. dm-crypt is recommended over cryptoloop. But there is also

Re: How to user reiser4 and crypt plugin ??

2005-06-28 Thread David Masover
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hubert Chan wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:38:30 -0400 (EDT), Keven Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > > >>Thank you for the reply. Do you see any issues with using reiser3 or >>reiser4 file system on a loop-back encrypted device? > > > I'm us

Re: How to user reiser4 and crypt plugin ??

2005-06-28 Thread Hubert Chan
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:38:30 -0400 (EDT), Keven Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Thank you for the reply. Do you see any issues with using reiser3 or > reiser4 file system on a loop-back encrypted device? I'm using reiser4 on a loopback encrypted device without problems. (But then, I haven't h

Re: How to user reiser4 and crypt plugin ??

2005-06-28 Thread Edward Shishkin
Keven Murphy wrote: Thank you for the reply. Do you see any issues with using reiser3 or reiser4 file system on a loop-back encrypted device? No, it works for both ones. Use the last patchsets for reiser4, report if something is wrong. Thanks, Edward. Some of the docs I have found say t

Re: How to user reiser4 and crypt plugin ??

2005-06-28 Thread Keven Murphy
Thank you for the reply. Do you see any issues with using reiser3 or reiser4 file system on a loop-back encrypted device? Some of the docs I have found say to stick with ext2 for the filesystem. I was thinking reiser still would be a better choice. Thank you for your help, Keven Murphy [EMAIL P

Re: How to user reiser4 and crypt plugin ??

2005-06-28 Thread Edward Shishkin
Keven Murphy wrote: Hello, I have read so much about reiser4 and the crypto plugin. What I have not found is any docs on how to set up a partition using the plugin. Hello. Crypto transform is unsupported for a while, only compression (still not for product using). The docs are under con

How to user reiser4 and crypt plugin ??

2005-06-28 Thread Keven Murphy
Hello, I have read so much about reiser4 and the crypto plugin. What I have not found is any docs on how to set up a partition using the plugin. I have the modules installed and I have created a reiser4 filesystem. I am not sure what I need to do next. Thanks from a reiser newbie, Keven Murphy