From: Paulo da Silva <psdasilva@esoterica.pt>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: util-linux and data encryption
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:04:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4341567E.4050603@esoterica.pt> (raw)
If this is not the right place to post about
util-linux, please tell me where to post.
I'm posting here because util-linux is at kernel.org.
_____________________________
I had a loop filesystem encrypted with twofish
algorithm.
Today, trying to mount the file, 'mount' claimed
I needed to enter a password of 20 chars or more!
Since I used less chars to encrypt, I was not able
to recover the information!!!
I tried CFLAGS="-DLOOP_PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH=8"
without any success. This causes 'mount' to accept
the password, but, somehow, the decryption failled
because the fs type remained unrecognized!
BTW, I am using gentoo and I also tried USE=old-crypt.
No way!
I needed to install the version 2.12i to recover
my information.
Is this related with util-linux or has something
to do with gentoo patches or something?
This should not happen! Changing things like this
must keep some kind of compatibility with old ones.
How do I encrypt important data for the future?
Thank you for any comments.
next reply other threads:[~2005-10-03 16:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-03 16:04 Paulo da Silva [this message]
2005-10-03 22:07 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-10-04 0:14 ` Paulo da Silva
2005-10-04 5:13 ` Jari Ruusu
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