[OpenAFS] encrypted volumes
Chris Jones
christopher.rob.jones@cern.ch
Fri, 6 Feb 2009 18:21:32 +0000
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On 6 Feb 2009, at 6:12PM, David Bear wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 6:43 AM, Jason Edgecombe <jason@rampaginggeek.com
> > wrote:
> David Bear wrote:
> >
> > Has there ever been much discussion on created encrypted volumes?
> > These would work like a local encrypted file system - without they
> > key, they are useless. I'm thinking that you might need an fs
> setkey
> > or something like that to insert the key into the cache manager.. fs
> > mkmount could have a switch that would specify it was an encrypted
> > volume..
> >
> > simple musing...
> >
> Why not just use a truecrypt to mount a file from an AFS volume as an
> encrypted volume?
>
> Jason
>
> well -- I don't know about truecrypt -- and doubt that windows, mac
> and linux de jour does as well.
Actually, truecrypt is available for all of the above ;)
> http://www.truecrypt.org/
Its probably one of the best ways of having cross platform encryption.
cheers Chris
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<html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 6 Feb 2009, at =
6:12PM, David Bear wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><br><br><div=
class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 6:43 AM, Jason Edgecombe =
<span dir=3D"ltr"><<a =
href=3D"mailto:jason@rampaginggeek.com">jason@rampaginggeek.com</a>></span=
> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px =
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: =
1ex;"> <div class=3D"Ih2E3d">David Bear wrote:<br> ><br> > Has there =
ever been much discussion on created encrypted volumes?<br> > =
These would work like a local encrypted file system - without =
they<br> > key, they are useless. I'm thinking that you might need =
an fs setkey<br> > or something like that to insert the key into the =
cache manager.. fs<br> > mkmount could have a switch that would specify =
it was an encrypted<br> > volume..<br> ><br> > simple musing...<br> =
><br> </div>Why not just use a truecrypt to mount a file from an AFS =
volume as an<br> encrypted volume?<br> <font color=3D"#888888"><br> =
Jason<br> </font></blockquote></div><br>well -- I don't know about =
truecrypt -- and doubt that windows, mac and linux de jour does as well. =
</blockquote><div><br></div>Actually, truecrypt is available for all of =
the above ;)</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><a =
href=3D"http://www.truecrypt.org/">http://www.truecrypt.org/</a></blockquo=
te><div><br></div><div>Its probably one of the best ways of having cross =
platform encryption.</div><div><br></div>cheers =
Chris<br></div><br></body></html>=
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