From: James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au>
To: desrt <desrt@desrt.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux 2.5: crypto core + block devices + ???
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:56:04 +1100 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0302191454160.1595-100000@blackbird.intercode.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1045625825.2879.8.camel@nothing.desrt.ca>
On 18 Feb 2003, desrt wrote:
> Looking at the way the crypto api works (ie: skatterlists) makes it seem
> vaguely compatible with what I've read about the new block device IO
> mechanisms in 2.5. Is this an accident? Is there some generic crypto
> support for block devices planned that will obsolete using the loopback
> driver to this end? (like the pages get decrypted upon loading into the
> buffer cache from the physical media or whatever? i'm not really sure
> how all the block device stuff works,...)
>
Nothing like this is planned that I'm aware of.
> If there are no deeper motives here and the intention is to continue
> supporting encrypted filesystems via the loopback interface, is there
> anyone working on the project?
Yes, a few people have been working on loopback crypto support for 2.5,
see the cryptoapi-devel archives.
- James
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James Morris
<jmorris@intercode.com.au>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-02-19 3:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-02-19 3:37 desrt
2003-02-19 3:56 ` James Morris [this message]
2003-02-19 18:41 ` Jari Ruusu
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