Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 21 Apr 2001 15:50:26 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: Idea: Encryption plugin architecture for file-systems |
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On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 09:21:44PM +0200, Peter Makholm wrote: > > nagytam@rerecognition.com ("Tamas Nagy") writes: > > > Idea: > > > extend the current file-system with an optional plug-in system, which allows > > > for file-system level encryption instead of file-level. > > That's is one of the things the loop device offers. For better > > encryption than XOR you need the patches from kerneli.org. > No, you don't. The standard kernel loop device supports loading of external > crypto filters just fine; no patching at all required.
But it is a definite performance killer. A direct plugin to filesystems would be far more efficient.
-Dan
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