On Sun, Jan 18, 1998 at 12:37:24AM -0500, aem@netcom.ca wrote:
> > [re: loop updates]
> > > Why haven't they been integrated in the kernel?
> >
> > *shrug* -- maybe the author hasn't submitted them to Linus. If it counts,
> > they work well for me. Transparent CAST-128 encrpytion on a filesystem is
> > very nice, etc.
>
> The reasons why they've not been sent to Linus:
> 1) There is no DES support yet (AFAIK).
> 2) Only electronic code book (ebc) mode is supported so far.
> 3) I've not written the transformation API in stone yet.
> I considered these significant enough to delay its release.
>
> If the general concensus is to submit the patch now, I'll go
> ahead and do this...though I thought we were in a code freeze.
>
> P.S. For the others who are curious, an old patch is available at
> ftp://fractal.mta.ca/pub/crypto/aem/
> I intend to have an update in place by Monday if possible.
>
> --
> Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@netcom.ca