cryptsetup dm_mod

[Rick Stevens]

Petrus de Calguarium wrote:
> Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
>> You can only encrypt entire devices (e.g. partitions), 
> not individual
>> directories or directory trees.
>>
> I guess a disk image is considered a device (a loop 
> device), because that is how I use it. I have never 
> encrypted anything that begins with /dev.

A loopback mount creates a device.  Example: mounting an ISO image
using "mount -t iso9660 -o loop /path/to/isoimage.iso /mnt", then
running "mount" shows:

	/dev/loop0 on /mnt type iso9660 (rw)

Good enough?
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