Re: Announce loop-AES-v3.0b file/swap crypto package

[Jari Ruusu]

Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Is this eventually going in the mainline kernel? I'd like to use it, but
> if I'm going to have to maintain my own crypto kernels indefinitely this
> probably isn't the one for me.

Unlikely to go to mainline kernel. Mainline folks are just too much in love
with their backdoored device crypto implementations [1]. If you want strong
device crypto in mainline kernel, maybe you should take a look at FreeBSD
gbde.

[1]  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=107419912024246&w=2

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