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Re: [Xen-users] Disk Encryption

To: Velten Spägele <xen@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Disk Encryption
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:37:59 +0300
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On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 03:51:55PM +0200, Velten Spägele wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i want to use a Disk Encryption and the conplete physikal Disk in a 
> DomU. I prefere Truecrypt or Loop-aes. i will going to test loop-aes 
> cause it should have the better performance.
> 
> But, did anybody here using truecrypt or loop-aes ? What is the better 
> one, in the fact of speed ?
> 

dm-crypt/luks is one option, and performs about the same or better than 
loop-aes.
Also it's less problematic because it doesn't use loop devices.

-- Pasi

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