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SubjectRe: Encrypted Filesystem
Hi!

> > Have you given any thought to journalling? fscking? Can directory
> > contents be encrypted? If so, what does the dir look like to others
> > (e.g. backup utils)
> >
> > Per-file signatures will severely affect random access performance.
> > Changing 1 byte in a 1 GB file would require the whole thing to be reread.
>
> What about calculating signatures on a per-block basis instead?

Hmm, having md5's in indirect blocks would be very nice for detecting
cable problems ;-). That's usefull even without encryption.
Pavel
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