>An important aspect of security is notsomuch as preventing
>others entry but to make info difficult to get.
>If a device driver which writes to the hdd, can
>be got to encrypt the info, before storing it . It would not
>matter to the user , but any unauthorised crip, would'nt make
>out what it is.
How about using a cryptographic file system? Protect everything.
>Working on these lines might give you an unique product,
>though work has been done on this before in Free BSD.
Wasn't that supposed to be OpenBSD? IIRC, OpenBSD is written with the security aspect
primarily in mind, while FreeBSD is with stability.
Note: While the primary goals may differ, this does not imply that either of them is
unstable or insecure. The security is only as bad as the admin.
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