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Encrypted filesystems



Jerry Feldman wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 02:41:43 -0400
> David Kramer <david at thekramers.net> wrote:
> 
>>But it did work.  I created a file-based filesystem:
>>dd if=/dev/zero bs=1MB count=200 of=testfs
>>mke2fs -v testfs
>>mount -o loop testfs /mnt/uni
> 
>>I tried gpg --encrypt-files -r david at thekramers.net testfs
> 
> That appears that you are encrypting files on the pen drive not using
> an encrypted filesystem.

Yes.  Having run into what appeared to be a dead end on the encrypted 
filesystem angle, I was trying alternate approaches.

The advantage of (en|de)crypting a filesystem like that is I can walk up to 
any Linux box and use it.

The disadvantage is that I have to perform those two operations, plus 
writing /dev/random over the unencrypted version then deleting it.  A bit of 
a hassle.

> 
> Additionally, I would probably prefer to use an encrypted filesystem
> that is not Windows compatible. 

I can't imagine there are ANY encrypted filesystems that work with both 
Windows and Linux.  I didn't find any, anyway.

The thumbdrive came with some folder crypting stuff.  I should try running 
that in wine and see what happens.  That would be interesting.





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