[NBLUG/talk] Crypt Filesystems

[David]

Two systems that I would recommend:

Loop-aes not too difficult to set up, but cannot (or REALLY should not) be used
with a journaling FS like ext3, so use ext2.  Very secure, and is pretty
transparent once set up.

The other one is a "container" system called Truecrypt; not to difficult to
setup, works with both windows and linux, and provides for hidden volumes.  This
gives plausible deniability so if someone forces you to reveal the password on
the outer volume you can have a hidden volume with really sensitive stuff on it.
 Truecrypt is VERY secure.


~David~


Walter Hansen wrote:
> I'm doing full disk backups that go offsite. I was thiniking what would
> happen if one of these backups fell into the wrong hands (I'm sure that
> the fate of the universe would be changed and evil would abound (in other
> words they'd say 'Cool! A 250gb SATA! I'll wipe it and put porn on it!').
> Anyway a nice drop in solution would be some sort of encrypted file
> system. I'd imagine it would probably work something like raid with ext3
> used on top. Speed isn't really a concern as I use a rsync at midnight to
> bring the drive up to date.
> 
> I seem to remember it was a meeting topic about a year ago, but I didn't
> make it. I see that there are buch listed online and was wondering if
> anyone who's dabbled might have comments or suggestions.
> 
> Walter - Trying to make his backup system really nice.
> 
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