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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

Quoting Vlad Glagolev <stealth AT sourcemage.org>:

> OK, it's time for announcement :)
>
> 2 weeks ago I looked into some article about the encrypting Linux   
> partitions. I solved to try that by myself :)
>
> There are a few ones (listed here:   
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_disk_encryption_software)  
>  we already have, such as dm-crypt/luks, truecrypt, ecryptfs.
>
> Well, two days ago I asked Ladislav about eCryptFS, but it wasn't   
> what I needed. I chose to try some dm-crypt alternative: loop-AES.
>
> During these two days I was chechking the whole system/fixing the   
> stuff/asking people on IRC, and finally it's done! :^) loop-AES is   
> now integrated in test, so feel free to try it (if you're brave   
> enough! ;^) and wanna try something new besides dm-crypt and really   
> need it).
>
> Be careful doing the steps in official README   
> (http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/loop-AES.README) but it's enough to  
>  make it finally working/usable.
>
> With loop-AES you can encrypt root partition, swap, the other   
> partitions and automount them (i added some simple script to make it  
>  possible)
>
> In a few words, what do you need:
> 1. disable loop driver in your kernel (it'll be replaced by loop-aes  
>  kernel module)
> 2. update your test grimoire via `scribe update'
> 3. cast loop-aes and aespipe (to encrypt the partitions on the fly),  
>  it'll ask to recompile gnupg (static) and util-linux with loop-aes   
> patch.
> 4. follow the README @ official website or @ /usr/share/doc/loop-aes
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Thanks Vlad, I should do this on my work laptop running SMGL, that way  
it's "secure". :)

-sandalle

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