PACKAGE NAME:  cryptsetup-luks-1.0.1-i486-1cf.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./Console/cryptsetup-luks
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  50 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  150 K
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PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
cryptsetup-luks:
cryptsetup-luks: cryptsetup-luks
cryptsetup-luks:
cryptsetup-luks:
cryptsetup-luks: cryptstup is the userspace setup tool of dm_crypt.
cryptsetup-luks:
cryptsetup-luks: This is the enhanced version of cryptsetup with the LUKS extension, that
cryptsetup-luks: allows you to have an on-disk block of metadata.
cryptsetup-luks:
cryptsetup-luks: dm_crypt (kernel > 2.6.4) is the modern replacement for the cryptoloop.
cryptsetup-luks: It provides transparent encryption of block devices using the new Linux
cryptsetup-luks: 2.6 cryptoapi and uses the device-mapper.
cryptsetup-luks:
cryptsetup-luks: The device-mapper is a new infrastructure in the Linux 2.6 kernel that
cryptsetup-luks: provides a generic way to create virtual layers of block devices that
cryptsetup-luks: can do different things on top of real block devices.
cryptsetup-luks:
cryptsetup-luks: (depends on libgcrypt, wich depends on libgpg-error)
cryptsetup-luks:
cryptsetup-luks:
cryptsetup-luks: http://luks.endorphin.org/dm-crypt
cryptsetup-luks: