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Linux Encryption HOWTO
by Marc Mutz, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
v0.2.0, 24 February 2000How to set up a Linux 2.2 system to use encryption in both disk and network accesses. This document describes how you can use the International Kernel Patch and other packages to make harddisk contents and network traffic inaccessible to others by encrypting them.
1. Introduction
- 1.1 Legal Stuff
- 1.2 I've got nothing to hide
- 1.3 Aims of this document
- 1.4 Notations and Conventions used
2. Obtaining and Installing the International Kernel Patch
3. The Crypto API
4. Encrypting Disks
- 4.1 Configuring the Kernel
- 4.2 Patching the
util-linuxsource - 4.3 Making an Encrypted Folder
- 4.4 Automagically Encrypting the Home Directory with ``EHD''
- 4.5 Other Disk Encryption Approaches
5. Encrypting Network Traffic
- 5.1 The Concept of IP Tunnels
- 5.2 CIPE - Cryptographic IP Encapsulation
- 5.3 Other Network Traffic Encryption Approaches
6. Frequently Asked Questions
7. Glossary
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