diff --git a/package/blindcoder/ciphers/ciphers.desc b/package/blindcoder/ciphers/ciphers.desc
index 5ba3d7bc0..1512e0dfc 100644
--- a/package/blindcoder/ciphers/ciphers.desc
+++ b/package/blindcoder/ciphers/ciphers.desc
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.0i
+[V] 3.0a
 [P] O -?---5---9 194.200
 
-[D] 1519915654 ciphers-v2.0i.tar.bz2 http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/ciphers/
+[D] 2931717387 ciphers-v3.0a.tar.bz2 http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/ciphers/
 
diff --git a/package/blindcoder/ciphers/hotfixes.patch b/package/blindcoder/ciphers/hotfixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d59988744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/blindcoder/ciphers/hotfixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# 
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
+# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
+# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
+# 
+# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/blindcoder/ciphers/hotfixes.patch
+# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2005 Clifford Wolf
+# 
+# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
+# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
+# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
+# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+# 
+# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+diff -pruN ciphers-v3.0a_orig/Makefile ciphers-v3.0a/Makefile
+--- ciphers-v3.0a_orig/Makefile	2004-11-18 17:51:13.000000000 +0100
++++ ciphers-v3.0a/Makefile	2005-01-11 12:31:41.261344216 +0100
+@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ endif
+ loop_twofish.$(VM1)o: loop_twofish.c
+ 	$(CP1) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EF) -DKBUILD_BASENAME=loop_twofish -DKBUILD_MODNAME=loop_twofish -c $(PP1)loop_twofish.c -o $(PP1)loop_twofish.o
+ ifneq "$(VM1)" ""
+-	$(CP1) $(MP1) vmlinux $(PP1)loop_twofish.o $(VM3) >/dev/null 2>&1
++	$(CP1) $(MP1) $(PP1)loop_twofish.o $(VM3)
+ 	$(CP1) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EF) -DKBUILD_BASENAME=loop_twofish_mod -DKBUILD_MODNAME=loop_twofish -c $(PP1)loop_twofish.mod.c -o $(PP1)loop_twofish.mod.o
+ 	$(LD) $(LF) loop_twofish.o loop_twofish.mod.o -o loop_twofish.$(VM1)o
+ 	rm -f loop_twofish.o loop_twofish.mod.[co] $(VM3).mod.[co]
+@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ endif
+ loop_serpent.$(VM1)o: loop_serpent.c
+ 	$(CP1) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EF) -DKBUILD_BASENAME=loop_serpent -DKBUILD_MODNAME=loop_serpent -c $(PP1)loop_serpent.c -o $(PP1)loop_serpent.o
+ ifneq "$(VM1)" ""
+-	$(CP1) $(MP1) vmlinux $(PP1)loop_serpent.o $(VM3) >/dev/null 2>&1
++	$(CP1) $(MP1) $(PP1)loop_serpent.o $(VM3)
+ 	$(CP1) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EF) -DKBUILD_BASENAME=loop_serpent_mod -DKBUILD_MODNAME=loop_serpent -c $(PP1)loop_serpent.mod.c -o $(PP1)loop_serpent.mod.o
+ 	$(LD) $(LF) loop_serpent.o loop_serpent.mod.o -o loop_serpent.$(VM1)o
+ 	rm -f loop_serpent.o loop_serpent.mod.[co] $(VM3).mod.[co]
+@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ endif
+ loop_blowfish.$(VM1)o: loop_blowfish.c
+ 	$(CP1) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EF) -DKBUILD_BASENAME=loop_blowfish -DKBUILD_MODNAME=loop_blowfish -c $(PP1)loop_blowfish.c -o $(PP1)loop_blowfish.o
+ ifneq "$(VM1)" ""
+-	$(CP1) $(MP1) vmlinux $(PP1)loop_blowfish.o $(VM3) >/dev/null 2>&1
++	$(CP1) $(MP1) $(PP1)loop_blowfish.o $(VM3)
+ 	$(CP1) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EF) -DKBUILD_BASENAME=loop_blowfish_mod -DKBUILD_MODNAME=loop_blowfish -c $(PP1)loop_blowfish.mod.c -o $(PP1)loop_blowfish.mod.o
+ 	$(LD) $(LF) loop_blowfish.o loop_blowfish.mod.o -o loop_blowfish.$(VM1)o
+ 	rm -f loop_blowfish.o loop_blowfish.mod.[co] $(VM3).mod.[co]