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From: David Niklas <Hgntkwis@vfemail.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Why do we need encryption in the fs?
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 12:05:31 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160101120531.0957e02f@ulgy_thing> (raw)

Hello, kernel newbie here,

I'm curious as to why fs'es such as ext4 need encryption in the fs,
It seems to me that we've got great support for it in tools such as
cryptsetup.
Point me to the fine manuals, I'm sure they exist.
Why not have encryption in the fs you ask, arguments against include the
inability to use recovery tools, like photorec and that backups are more
difficult this way.

Thanks, David

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             reply	other threads:[~2016-01-07 21:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-01 17:05 David Niklas [this message]
2016-01-08 17:42 ` Why do we need encryption in the fs? Nicolai Stange

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