[CentOS] Cryptographic Filesystem

Fri Feb 2 05:53:29 UTC 2007
Ow Mun Heng <Ow.Mun.Heng at wdc.com>

On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 03:44 -0200, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:

> > Truecypt again, uses a file as a storage block.
> 
> Which is a big problem. Easy to get everything corrupted.

Which is why I don't like it..

> 
> I have 2 problems while using cfs so far. Both were due to a small
> problem on the ext2 filesystem where it was stored. I was copying
> a file to the cfs filesystem (both on the same ext2 fs).
> 

Is CFS a file-by-file encryption or file-based block encryption?? (I
forget)

> I've got a complete lockdown on cfsd, and had to hardboot the
> machine. In both cases, I've lost nothing, and only the specific
> file I was copying, on the destination, was "lost" (partially copied).
> It gave me a VERY good impression of cfs' robustness.

That sounds Good. heh..