loopback DES encryption not working (2.2pre4, util-linux-2.9f)

Tobias Richter (tsr@cave.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de)
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 00:14:50 +0100


with linux 2.2.0pre4 and the losetup that comes with util-linux-2.9f
I get:

[root@cave /]# /sbin/losetup -e DES /dev/loop0 /file
Password:
Init (up to 16 hex digits):
ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument

XOR 'encryption' works. What's wrong here?

By the way is there a version of losetup that supports those other
encryption methods like Twofish, Blowfish, IDEA and such?

TIA,
tobias

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