Re: [PATCH 0/5] eCryptfs: Filename Encryption

[Pavel Machek]

On Tue 2008-11-04 15:37:54, Michael Halcrow wrote:
> This patchset implements filename encryption via a passphrase-derived
> mount-wide Filename Encryption Key (FNEK) specified as a mount
> parameter. Each encrypted filename has a fixed prefix indicating that
> eCryptfs should try to decrypt the filename. When eCryptfs
> encounters

That is 'interesting'. What happens if normal filename has that
prefix? Should some out-of-band method be used to tell normal and
encrypted filenames apart?

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