[RndTbl] Encrypting a filesystem

Kevin McGregor kmcgregor at shaw.ca
Wed Jan 24 21:08:14 CST 2007


Cue Twilight Zone music: It all just somehow... works. It's eerie! [In high-pitched shrieking voice:] "The computer is READING MY MIND!!!" [Insert tinfoil hat comment here]

I feel a newletter article coming on. Gilbert will be pleased.

----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin McGregor <kmcgregor at shaw.ca>
Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:56 pm
Subject: Re: [RndTbl] Encrypting a filesystem

> Okay... The encFS site doesn't have a whole lot of explanation, 
> other than the simple case. How do I set things up so that I can 
> use rsync over ssh and store files in the remote encFS filesystem? 
> I'd like to set this up to run as a cron job. Yep - secure remote 
> backup.
> I've got ssh, rsync and encFS installed and working individually, 
> and also rsync using ssh. Do you have to manually mount the 
> encrypted filesystem every time you log in?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Scott Balneaves <sbalneav at legalaid.mb.ca>
> Date: Monday, January 22, 2007 9:10 pm
> Subject: Re: [RndTbl] Encrypting a filesystem
> 
> > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 06:48:33PM -0600, Kevin McGregor wrote:
> > > Does anyone have any pointers on how to set up a server which 
> > will encrypt, say, the /home filesystem (~300 GB)? I'm open to 
> any 
> > Linux or *BSD solution. Don't make me resort to using Windows! :-)
> > 
> > As usual, FUSE has the answer for everything!
> > 
> > http://arg0.net/encfs
> > 
> > Check your package manager, it may already be an installable 
> package.> 
> > Scott
> > 
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> come 
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