Re: filesystem encryption?

[Alex de Joode <usura@zedz.net>]

On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 06:18:01AM +0000, Jim Breton wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 05:59:08AM +0900, sen_ml@eccosys.com wrote:
> > > The swap encryption in 2.8 will be a nice addition though.
> > 
> > i'm running an installation of 2.7 (admittedly updated via cvs) which
> > has swap encryption...was it not in the original 2.7 release?  all it
> > takes is editing /etc/sysctl.conf and rebooting, right?  [i suppose if
> > you use sysctl directl, you may not even have to reboot...]
> 
> 
> Doh!  I'm running 2.7 as well (upgraded from 2.6 via FTP)... I didn't
> even realize this was an option.  However:
> 
> http://www.openbsd.org/28.html
> 
> definitely gives the impression that this is new to 2.8.
> 
> At any rate, I'm glad to see that it was already available... I've now
> enabled it.  ;)
> 
> Still would like to hear any input about filesystem encryption of
> course.  :)
> 

/usr/ports/security/cfs might do what you want.


> (Thank you for informing me about the swap encryption.)
> 

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