Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 04 Dec 2003 16:07:20 +0000 | From | Phillip Lougher <> | Subject | Re: partially encrypted filesystem |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > Encryption does have a few extra problems, simply because of the intent. > In a compressed filesystem it is ok to say "this information tends to be > small and hard to compress, so let's not" (for example, metadata). While > in an encrypted filesystem you shouldn't skip the "hard" pieces..
Squashfs is I think the only Linux filesystem that does compress the metadata. I did this more as a technical challenge, but the extra compression is sometimes worthwhile, especially with filesystems with lots of small files. Normally, however, it probably isn't worth the effort.
Phillip
> > (Encrypted filesystems also have the key management issues, further > complicating the thing, but that complication tends to be at a higher > level). > > Linus
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