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Oct 08, 2004, 07:00 (1 Talkback[s])

[ Thanks to David for this link. ]

"A loopback device is a very special device that allows you to mount a normal file as it was a physical device. Loopbacks can be encrypted: this becomes very useful sometimes.

"Consider, as [an] example, that you need to encypt a few files, nothing big, let's say 100 MB or so. Encrypting an entire partition could be too much. Then a cryptoloop could be the right solution to your problem..."

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