Re: [a bit OT] encrypting filesystems

From: Gregory Maxwell (greg@linuxpower.cx)
Date: Mon Mar 27 2000 - 14:46:36 EST


On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Marc Mutz wrote:

> Jelle Foks wrote:
> >
> <snip>
> > > I need to encrypt a 100 gig drive and all the implementations seem to use
> > > loopback, which seems to loop a bit too well on the 2 gig mark...
> >
>
> You need not use files as underlying for loop devices. /dev/hdax
> (probably /dev/mdx in your case) will do. I'm not sure if this fixes the
> 2GB problem though. Just try.
> If it fails, try ppdd. It does not use loopback.

Or try SFS,
http://www.linux-security.org/sfs/

Not only is SFS encrypted, but it is hidden and provides mathmatically
secure plausable denyability (i.e. you can clam that there is no more
passwords to give thus evading a court order in a cvil case).

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