On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 6:43 AM, Jason Edgecombe <[email protected]>wrote:
> David Bear wrote: > > > > Has there ever been much discussion on created encrypted volumes? > > These would work like a local encrypted file system - without they > > key, they are useless. I'm thinking that you might need an fs setkey > > or something like that to insert the key into the cache manager.. fs > > mkmount could have a switch that would specify it was an encrypted > > volume.. > > > > simple musing... > > > Why not just use a truecrypt to mount a file from an AFS volume as an > encrypted volume? > > Jason > well -- I don't know about truecrypt -- and doubt that windows, mac and linux de jour does as well. AFS volumes represent a very convenient way to have multiple offsite backups of stuff -- and would be a great platform to build a service on like 'carbonite' or the iron mountain data backup solution. Having encrypted volumes would really make this kind of service sing. -- David Bear College of Public Programs at ASU 602-464-0424
