Cryptoloop HOWTO
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4. Getting the user space tools

The Cryptoloop driver requires updated userspace tools to actually create and mount the encrypted file system. These tools are included in the latest util-linux package. The minimum version you need is 2.12. The entire util-linux package can be obtained from http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/ .

This package provides the updated losetup and mount commands.


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