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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.

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XFree86 Matrox Team http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~ajv/xf86-matrox.html

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