Re: [PATCH 2/2][RFC] Add dm-crypt target

From: Mike Fedyk
Date: Mon Dec 22 2003 - 18:28:06 EST


On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 06:07:57PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> would prefer to emphasize their differences. A replacement for
> cryptoloop means you must support cryptoloop's on-disk format.

Do you dislike the cryptoloop format?

What if you wanted to take a disk that was used with dm-crypt, and copy it
to a file on a larger filesystem? Would the data now be inaccessable
because it's not in a format mountable by a loop driver?
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