Re: Encrypted Filesystem

From: Adam Sampson (azz_at_us-lot.org)
Date: 01/27/04

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Date:	Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:43:21 +0000

    Michael A Halcrow <mahalcro@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@us-lot.org>                        <http://offog.org/>
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