[lug] changes in encryption

Steve Sullivan sullivan at mathcom.com
Mon Sep 3 16:02:48 MDT 2007


Is it simply an encrypted file or is it an encrypted file system?
If it's just a file, you might try ccrypt, an aes implementation:
http://ccrypt.sourceforge.net/

Steve

On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 03:09:32PM -0600, D. Stimits wrote:
> I have an old password file (not system...a text file with passwords for 
> newsgroups, web sites, etc.) that I've built up and collected for 
> several years, created I think originally under RH7.3 (not quite sure 
> when). Anyway, it is AES encrypted, and I'm trying to migrate to FC 7. 
> It seems there have been a lot of changes, and I'm not able to loopback 
> mount the file anymore. I don't mind creating something new with 
> dm-crypt, but I kind of wanted all those passwords...without installing 
> and old system (though I suppose I could experiment with xen and load 
> something like FC4 or RH 7.3, but this would be a lot o ftrouble). The 
> various docs I've found seem to be out of date, and involve creating a 
> custom losetup...only the patch links are broken, and no longer refer to 
> a valid URL. Does anyone know if there is a working means to loopback 
> mount an older aes file? Or do I need to install and older system to 
> migrate (which I'm afraid probably won't have patches for either)?
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net
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