On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 07:15:34PM -0700, Radamanthus Batnag wrote: > I asked Mr. Google about encrypting filesystems on linux, and, I found none. > What I found were instructions on how to recompile the kernel to add the > Linux > Crypto API, then create a loopback device that points to an encrypted file. > Or something like that. This is too-non-standard for our meager IT > capabilities, > I'm not sure if we can support a setup like this.
This hasn't been too hard to do if you have the right distro. Apparently, recent versions of SuSE have the ability to create these kinds of file systems out of the box. Gentoo also has this feature, as do a few other distributions. One of the reasons why I migrated away from Red Hat. I'm using this for my laptop right now actually, for some filesystems. > 3. It's ok. Don't feel guilty. M$ wins this one. But not for long. Wait > for features like this in ext7 around 2006. Probably a lot sooner than that. The only reason why the CryptoAPI is not in the standard Linux kernel is because of those f--king export laws. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
