Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: partially encrypted filesystem | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Fri, 05 Dec 2003 21:39:21 -0500 |
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On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 18:35:55 MST, Pat LaVarre said:
> 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"?
It could also be above the filesystem, a la PGP, or below the file system, a la encrypted loopback. Other options, such as steganography and "purloined letter" schemes, are also at least theoretically possible, if not totally workable. [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | ![\](/images/icornerr.gif) |