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[linux-security] Secure Filesystem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeffrey Barber)
Wed Aug 21 06:23:36 1996
From: Jeffrey Barber <jab@rock.anchorage.net>
To: "'Linux Security Mailing List'" <linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 07:06:15 -0800
I have been approached do write kernel mods to linux that will pgp
encrypt the entire file system. At boot up you will be prompt for the
file system password. Great idea, HUGE project. My question is, is this
already in the makings or is it already out there. Your input would be
greatly appreciated.
[REW: I've seen references (excluding the PGP part) to encrypting file
systems in the "loop device" and the "user-fs" area.
The encryption of the filesystem should certainly not be done using
RSA, but just like PGP does, with IDEA or something like that. Using
PGP as the "framework" is interesting, because it enables you to
cryptographically give out "read-only" access to the partition!]
TIA
