> On Feb 24, 2020, at 3:41 AM, Pete Biggs <pete at biggs.org.uk> wrote: > > >> >> What is a "loop way"? I googled it together with Linux and file and >> did not find anything. > > The proper term is "loopback filesystem". > This HOWTO I used some 15+ years ago: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/archived/Loopback-Encrypted-Filesystem-HOWTO/Loopback-Encrypted-Filesystem-HOWTO-3.html Search (not “google”, duckduckgo for me ;-) for "encrypted loopback filesystem howto”... Valeri >> Is this simply like a separate file that is LUKS-encrypted and I >> would then mount it for remote access? > > Yes, it's a filesystem in a file that you mount with '-o loop'. > >> If so, what would prevent the hosting company - which I presume is >> the root user - from also accessing it? > > You provide the decryption password when you mount it. Once the > filesystem is mounted anyone with the appropriate permissions can read > it. You can reduce the opportunity of someone accessing it by only > mounting it when you need it and unmounting it as soon as possible. > > TBH, if you don't trust the root user of a system, then there's not > much you can do - there are just so many ways a privileged user can get > access to things, both "legitimately" because of their absolute access > or "covertly" using trojans and so on that you would never know about. > If you have legitimate concerns about the hosting company, then find a > different one. > > P. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++