Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 1 Feb 1997 10:27:57 +0100 (NFT) | From | Niels Provos <> | Subject | Re: Encrypted filesystem |
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On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Andrew E. Mileski wrote:
> 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. The standard sources which come with the loop device and mount have according to Ian Goldberg quite some problems with the encryption keys. If I recall correctly your pass phrase could be so long but only the first few bytes were used. Anyway those things are fixed in his patches and you get stegangraphy as bonus. The patches are quite small and wouldnt encoumber the kernel IMHO more as it is already.
Regards Niels Provos =8)
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