From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261608AbUBUTBT (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Feb 2004 14:01:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261604AbUBUTBT (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Feb 2004 14:01:19 -0500 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:52952 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261608AbUBUTBS (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Feb 2004 14:01:18 -0500 From: Andreas Jellinghaus Subject: Re: dm-crypt, new IV and standards Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:01:22 +0100 User-Agent: Pan/0.14.2 (This is not a psychotic episode. It's a cleansing moment of clarity. (Debian GNU/Linux)) Message-Id: References: <20040220172237.GA9918@certainkey.com> <20040221164821.GA14723@certainkey.com> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jean-Luc Cooke MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sorry, I know next to nothing about dm-crypt or crypt loop so far. But I wonder: will it be possible to store some generic data in that place? Password+Hash mechanism+Salt seemt to be pretty tied to passwords. I would like it very much, if some rsa encrypted data could be stored instead, so I can use a smart card with an rsa key to decrypt it. Regards, Andreas