Re: filesystem encryption

mgraffam@mhv.net
Wed, 24 Jun 1998 16:17:08 -0400 (EDT)

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On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Nicholas Charles Brawn wrote:

> On Wed, 24 Jun 1998 mgraffam@mhv.net wrote:
>
> > Do you know the distributions restrictions on SAFER? If I do manage to
> > get the whole thing working, I'd like the patches to be usable by the
> > Linux kernel team.. which would mean that commercial use is fine.
> ^^^^^
>
> Any plans to port to FreeBSD?

Well, none of my current machines are in a position to run FreeBSD
for lack of HD space. One of the things that I keep hoping to do
is to get a new machine to run FreeBSD .. after that, I'd consider
looking to port any work I get done for linux to FreeBSD..

If you have the energy to do the port, and know FreeBSD's filesystem
structure well, I'd be happy to discuss structuring the whole scheme
for ease of porting to FreeBSD..

Though, to tell you the truth, it would be a rare twist of fate if
_porting_ linux ext2 patches to FreeBSD were worth the effort. I
suspect it would be easier just to write encryption code into FreeBSD
from the ground up.

Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net)
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