Re: [hosers-talk] script-fu for trash

[Jeff Schroeder <jeffs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:47 AM 11/19/2003, Jon Stewart wrote:
> > There already is at least one encrypted file system that Linux can handle,
> > thought I don't remember the name of it right now.
>
>
> A quick google reveals that the "standard" way to do it is the loopback
> encryption filesystem. You have a regular filesystem which contains an
> encrypted file which is mounted over loopback.
>
> SecurityFocus says it's vulnerable to a replay attack, though no exploits
> are known and this would be difficult; nonetheless, it's a design flaw.
>
> I'm not particularly crazy about the idea because it seems like a really
> lazy way to support an encrypted fs. You've gotta' be taking a pretty
> decent performance hit. OTOH, it does sound simple enough to be reliable.
>
> And, man, I am lazy...

There is CFS also, however it appears to have become depreciated or at 
least old...
http://www.crypto.com/software/

I am rather disappointed if that is the case.  Although, I'd be surprised 
if a modern file system like RiserFS or even ext3 (eventually) doesn't have 
someone working on a build model that supports some sort of encryption.

Quick google search shows possible other alternatives
http://koeln.ccc.de/archiv/drt/crypto/linux-disk.html

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