Re: Encrypted Filesystem

[Adam Sampson <azz _at_ xxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael A Halcrow <mahalcro _at_ us.ibm.com> writes:

>  - Userland filesystem-based (EncFS+FUSE, CryptoFS+LUFS)

Going off on a tangent...

There are all sorts of potentially-interesting things that could be
done if Linux had a userspace filesystem mechanism included in the
standard kernel -- as well as encryption, there's also network
filesystems, various sorts of specialised caching (such as Zero
Install), automounter-like systems, prototyping and so on.

Is there a technical reason that none of the userspace filesystem
layers have been included in the stock kernel, or is it just that
nobody's submitted any of them for inclusion yet?

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Adam Sampson <azz _at_ us-lot.org>                        <http://offog.org/>
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