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@ 2002-01-09 17:49 Michael Zhu
  2002-01-09 18:17 ` your mail Jens Axboe
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From: Michael Zhu @ 2002-01-09 17:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: root; +Cc: linux-kernel

> 
> This may be a troll. How would you boot? Who
decrypts during the
> boot?
> 

You mean that the loop device couldn't en/decrypt the
whole data on the disk? That mean the loop device
could implement the block level en/decryption.

Michael

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  2002-01-09 17:49 Michael Zhu
@ 2002-01-09 18:17 ` Jens Axboe
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From: Jens Axboe @ 2002-01-09 18:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Michael Zhu; +Cc: root, linux-kernel

On Wed, Jan 09 2002, Michael Zhu wrote:
> > 
> > This may be a troll. How would you boot? Who
> decrypts during the
> > boot?
> > 
> 
> You mean that the loop device couldn't en/decrypt the
> whole data on the disk? That mean the loop device
> could implement the block level en/decryption.

Please, read up on the loop crypto stuff off-list. Most of these
questions are very FAQ. You can loop crypto a whole disk or partition of
you want.

-- 
Jens Axboe


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