Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> | Subject | Re: Encrypted filesystem | Date | Fri, 31 Jan 1997 23:58:03 +73900 (EST) |
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> Because of inane U.S. export restrictions, cryptographic software can't be > exported from the United States. This is the main reason we don't have > cryptographic filesystem support in the kernel, I understand, particularly > since Linus will be moving to the U.S. soon.
A crypto fs does exist. See the Loop interface docs. It uses either IDEA or DES, and you need to be in North America to obtain the source.
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net Linux Plug-and-Play Kernel Project http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/pnp/ XFree86 Matrox Team http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~ajv/xf86-matrox.html
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