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Old 12-22-2005, 07:51 AM   #1
raja1979
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File System Encryption


hi,

Can anybody tell me how to encrypt my file system
SO that even when someone tryies to attach my linux harddisk on other system and tries to mount it he should not be able to mount it without the password.
 
Old 12-22-2005, 09:21 AM   #2
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Like so: http://docs.linux.com/article.pl?sid...&tid=14&tid=35
 
Old 12-23-2005, 06:08 PM   #3
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I'm definitely going to try dm-crypt the next time that I set up a test machine, which will be soon. I've been using cryptoloop for a long time. I didn't know that there are bugs and no maintainer. Thanks for the information.
 
  


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