Showing posts with label cryptography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cryptography. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

loop-aes-utils, smbfs and Ubuntu

The following was experienced on Ubuntu Desktop 9.10

if you install loop-aes-utils, and then install smbfs, the cryptoloop.ko is removed from the kernel.

`mount` will give you errors like:

ioctl: LOOP_SET_STATUS: Invalid argument, requested cipher or key length (256 bits) not supported by kernel


`modprobe loop` will give you:

FATAL: Module loop not found


well, not sure what the whole story is, but the following fixes it.

`modprobe cryptoloop`

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Fact Sheet NSA Suite B Cryptography [08dec2008]

Key length recommendations from the NSA for companies making products for Gov't use.

http://www.keylength.com/en/6/