[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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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">&lt;<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 &nbsp;on created encrypted volumes?<br> > =
&nbsp;These would work like a local encrypted file system - without =
they<br> > key, they are useless. &nbsp;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&nbsp;encryption.</div><div><br></div>cheers =
Chris<br></div><br></body></html>=

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