Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 10 Feb 1997 08:59:49 -0600 (CST) | From | "Daniel G. Linder" <> | Subject | Re: Encrypted "virtual" disk |
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On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, Jeremey Barrett wrote [paraphraised]: > I am interested in writing a cryptographic "virtual" disk or filesystem. > My goals/ideas are the following: > > o To be able to create/mount/unmount files as encrypted disks... > > o Not being required to create a physical partition is critical. > > o The crypto-fs code would require a passphrase upon mounting. > > o When a file is read ... decrypts it. > > o Writing works much the same way, encrypting before "really" writing.
Am I missing something, or are these supported in the loop filesystem? Loop has various encryption built in, files are virtual filesystems... The only thing that I don't know about is the timeout unmount -- might have to be an addition to loop-fs if it is not already there.
Dan
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