[CentOS] Cryptographic Filesystem

[Rodrigo Barbosa]

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On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 11:23:52PM -0600, Barry Brimer wrote:
> >Anyone else using CFS on CentOS 4.4 ?
> >I have started using it today (unimportant stuff for now, for testing),
> >and am wondering what are other people experiences with it.
> >
> >I'm using version 1.4.1, rpms kindly provided by Karan on his repository.
> >
> >My main concern is data loss, not security itself. From what I noticed,
> >the strenght of CFS crypto is less than optimal.
> >
> >CFS right now looks like a very convenient solution. Much easier than the
> >losetup stuff (which is a PITA).
> 
> I have not tried TrueCrypt yet, only read about it.  Maybe it would be 
> useful as well. 
> <http://www.truecrypt.org>

PITA. Needs the kernel source to compile.
Which might (probably) indicate you will need to recompile it
whenever you upgrade your kernel.

Anyway, read about it, and it sounds interesting. But a little bit too
much for my current needs.

Tkx for the pointer. I might check it again in the future.

[]s

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Rodrigo Barbosa
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)

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