Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 16:21:15 +0800 From: "Paul Hamilton" <paul@bdug.org.au> To: "Lowell Gilbert" <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> Cc: Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Automatically encrypting data files in a partition. Message-ID: <AGEHIFHGNEMPFNCPLONMAEMPFHAA.paul@bdug.org.au> In-Reply-To: <44smkhmbtv.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Thanks for that Lowell! Looks like it might work. I will have a play with it! Cheers, Paul Hamilton -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Lowell Gilbert Sent: Saturday, 22 November 2003 9:28 AM To: Paul Hamilton Cc: Freebsd-Questions Subject: Re: Automatically encrypting data files in a partition. "Paul Hamilton" <paul@bdug.org.au> writes: > I need a way to store different directory trees and files with different > encryption keys, i.e.. > > /data/mars /data/mars/one /data/mars/two etc all are encrypted with one > key and > > /data/venus /data/venus/one /data/venus/two etc, would have a different > key. > > Ideally, the directory structure, and file names wouldn't be encrypted. > /data is an independent partition. > > Some of these files, could be MS Office data files, others might be MS > program *.exe files etc. It would be nice if this happened at the > filesystem level, i.e., I would enter a key and the root dir name for each > 'data tree' into the config file, reload the config file into the > 'encryption filesystem program' and all would be sweet ;-) The closest thing I know of is cfs (in the ports). It encrypts some of the directory structures as well, which is usually desirable because they can contain secret information as well (think of a file named "CompanyX_Merge_Plans.doc"). I don't know if it's capable of handling passphrases centrally as opposed to on a user-session basis, but if so, you would need someone with the password present every time you booted the machine. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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