Fedora 16 Update: ecryptfs-utils-96-1.fc16

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-2155
2012-02-22 01:38:33
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Name        : ecryptfs-utils
Product     : Fedora 16
Version     : 96
Release     : 1.fc16
URL         : https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs
Summary     : The eCryptfs mount helper and support libraries
Description :
eCryptfs is a stacked cryptographic filesystem that ships in Linux
kernel versions 2.6.19 and above. This package provides the mount
helper and supporting libraries to perform key management and mount
functions.

Install ecryptfs-utils if you would like to mount eCryptfs.

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Update Information:

- add an option to allow user to enter the mount passphrase, in case they've recorded that, but forgotten their login passphrase

- default sysfs to /sys, if not found in /etc/mtab

- ensure that ecryptfs works even if there is no sysfs entry in /etc/mtab

- fix TPM and string_to_uuid 64bits issue

- blowfish and twofish support check did not work with on 3.2.x kernels
- blowfish and twofish support check did not work with on 3.2.x kernels
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Feb 20 2012 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 96-1
- ecryptfs-utils updated to 96
* Thu Feb  9 2012 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 95-2
- blowfish and twofish support check did not work with on 3.2.x kernels (#785036)
* Fri Dec 16 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 95-1
- updated to v. 95
* Tue Nov  1 2011 Michal Hlavinka <mhlavink at redhat.com> - 93-1
- updated to v. 93
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #785036 - ecryptfs-utils can't find renamed blowfish kernel modules in >= 3.2
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785036
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update ecryptfs-utils' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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