Re: [Ecryptfs-devel] eCryptfs and fuse

2007-10-14 Thread markus reichelt
* Alon Bar-Lev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In fact my test configuration uses eCryptfs over loop-aes over > ext3... :) same here :) -- left blank, right bald pgp3QY6svPFcj.pgp Description: PGP signature - This SF.net ema

Re: [Ecryptfs-devel] eCryptfs and fuse

2007-10-14 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On 10/14/07, Michael Halcrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are you thinking users will execute libraries from eCrypfs? > > Absolutely. I know of users who are mounting their entire root under > eCryptfs. This is strange! loop-aes should be much better solution. My installations use the following:

Re: [Ecryptfs-devel] eCryptfs and fuse

2007-10-14 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On 10/14/07, Trevor Highland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Alon, Hi! > Do you have a problem with the way encryption/decryption of individual files > is done? Just asked implementation details... :) fuse should be much simpler to maintain :) I have not read (yet) the low level documentation o

Re: [Ecryptfs-devel] eCryptfs and fuse

2007-10-14 Thread Trevor Highland
Hi Alon, You commented that decryption would be slow on decryption of individual pages. This is not the case. Here is a brief description of the keys used for encryption/decryption in eCryptfs. 1) When eCryptfs is mounted a session encryption key is loaded into the kernel key ring. This key c

Re: [Ecryptfs-devel] eCryptfs and fuse

2007-10-14 Thread Michael Halcrow
On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 07:46:31AM +0200, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > On 10/14/07, Michael Halcrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 01:52:05AM +0200, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > > > Just a minor question... > > > Why not implement eCryptfs as fuse? > > > > 1. No shared memory mappings. >

Re: [Ecryptfs-devel] eCryptfs and fuse

2007-10-13 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On 10/14/07, Michael Halcrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 01:52:05AM +0200, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > > Just a minor question... > > Why not implement eCryptfs as fuse? > > 1. No shared memory mappings. Are you thinking users will execute libraries from eCrypfs? > > 2. Extra c

Re: [Ecryptfs-devel] eCryptfs and fuse

2007-10-13 Thread Michael Halcrow
On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 01:52:05AM +0200, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > Just a minor question... > Why not implement eCryptfs as fuse? 1. No shared memory mappings. 2. Extra context switching between kernel and userspace on every page read/write syscall. Mike signature.asc Description: Digital signatu

[Ecryptfs-devel] eCryptfs and fuse

2007-10-13 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
Just a minor question... Why not implement eCryptfs as fuse? Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and con