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mgraffam@mhv.net
Wed, 24 Jun 1998 16:09:30 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Adam Back wrote:
> On this talk of grafting encryption into the linux ext2fs... are you
> people aware of the loop-back filesystem mechanism, and the encryption
> and steganography facilities available using this mechanism as a hook?
>
> aka it's already been done, unless those discussing it see some
> advantage to adding the same functionality via different hooks.
Yes, I have the looped filesystem patches installed.
The main advantage I see for encryption within ext2 is that it will
help with data remenance, and does not require mounting privledges.
I would like encryption in ext2 to be done on a file per file basis,
with decryption done if an extended attribute is on. (man chattr)
ext2 ought to have the ability to have multiple keys around to decrypt
files owned by different users.
Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net)
http://www.mhv.net/~mgraffam -- Philosophy, Religion, Computers, Crypto, etc
"..subordination of one sex to the other is wrong in itself, and now
one of the chief hindrances to human improvement.." John Stuart Mill
"The Subjection of Women"
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Fri Aug 21 1998 - 17:19:00 ADT