Disk (block device) encryption for Linux and *BSD?
Apologies for the interruption, I'm looking for disk / partition encryption for Unix-alikes, especially Linux, OpenBSD and/or NetBSD. My websearch has been less than satisfactory - I found outdated Linux kernel patches for encryption loopback, and I distinctly remember reading about a serious bug in the use (or lack thereof) of key material in this code. Do patches for a current Linux kernel exist, and have all the known bugs been fixed? Also, there seems to be no version of Marutukku about that I can actually get to work on *BSD. Is Marutukku still being developed? Generally, is there a good page that tracks disk encryption for Unix? I'm currently using cfs here and there, and I have a specific question about that package, too: Does the cypherpunks list trust the patches that add Blowfish support to cfs? Questions questions..
On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 01:30:06PM -0000, HyperReal-Anon wrote:
Apologies for the interruption,
I'm looking for disk / partition encryption for Unix-alikes, especially Linux, OpenBSD and/or NetBSD.
My websearch has been less than satisfactory - I found outdated Linux kernel patches for encryption loopback, and I distinctly remember reading about a serious bug in the use (or lack thereof) of key material in this code.
Do patches for a current Linux kernel exist, and have all the known bugs been fixed?
I have collected the available loop-crypto patches in the international kernel patch. It contains blowfish,twofish,serpent, and cast-128 modules (and an idea module which I haven't ported yet). The loopback modules have been updated to work with the latest loopback patches. I plan on adding other AES candidates - I have free implementations of rc6, rijndael, mars, and dfc. The patch is available from: ftp://ftp.kerneli.org/pub/linux/kerneli/v2.1/patch-int-2.1.125.2.gz I have a collection of utilities you'll need and other 2.0-crypto stuff mirrored at: ftp://ftp.kerneli.org/pub/linux/kerneli/net-source/ astor -- Alexander Kjeldaas, Guardian Networks AS, Trondheim, Norway http://www.guardian.no/
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