Messages in this thread | | | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> | Subject | Re: signing a filesystem | Date | Sat, 28 Dec 1996 03:56:16 -0500 (EST) |
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> What if we had some sort of security interface for the kernel? So a daemon > program could provide a security service to the kernel. The interface could > allow multiple daemons supporting different types of security. Then to mount a > secured filing system you would need to give the name of the encryption > algorithm to use and the password. > > What do you think?
This would be a good idea of course. Anything that promotes flexibility and that would extend the life of the system, should be looked into.
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net Linux Plug-and-Play Kernel Project http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/pnp/ XFree86 Matrox Team http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~ajv/xf86-matrox.html
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