Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: partially encrypted filesystem | From | Pat LaVarre <> | Date | 05 Dec 2003 18:35:55 -0700 |
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> You are pushing this down to the file system. I'd venture too say that > this will majorly stress the fs code, make its indexing slower and > majorly fragment the file on disk (if it's later overwritten). Sure - you > have less work to do (less to code) - but the end effect might be > painful, especially on often written files (if the file ain't written to > then there are much better compression solutions).
Suppose we wish to encrypt the files on a disc or disk or drive that we carry from one computer to another.
Where else can the encryption go, if not "down to the file system"?
Pat LaVarre
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