Re: loop devices?
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On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Steve George wrote:
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/file bs=1k count=100
> losetup -e des /dev/loop0 /file
hmmm... isn't des considered broken?
> Password: <type a password>
> Init (up to 16 hex digits):
>
> This is the part I am stuck on...what hex digits am I supposed to
> type?? I've tried hitting return and typing randomly......I can't find
> anything in the man pages or the kernel src docs.
The hex digits are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, and F.
Case may or may not matter, and if it matters could be lower or upper.
This is probably for the inital vector for a CBC encryption algorythm.
Although this is just a guess, so don't quote me on it.
> Anyone know what I should type please?
16 of the above digits. It's like asking for a 16-digit decimal number,
except that they want it in hex here, for logical reasons (specifically,
it's easier asking for 16 hex digits than asking for a decimal number
between 0 and 18446744073709551615 inclusive)
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finger for PGP public key.
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