From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753500AbcAGVuq (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Jan 2016 16:50:46 -0500 Received: from onethreetwo.vfemail.net ([199.16.11.132]:49757 "EHLO vfemail.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753389AbcAGVup (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Jan 2016 16:50:45 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 401 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2016 16:50:44 EST Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 12:05:31 -0500 From: David Niklas To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Why do we need encryption in the fs? Message-ID: <20160101120531.0957e02f@ulgy_thing> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.28; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 ------------------------------------------------- ONLY AT VFEmail! - Use our Metadata Mitigator to keep your email out of the NSA's hands! $24.95 ONETIME Lifetime accounts with Privacy Features! 15GB disk! No bandwidth quotas! Commercial and Bulk Mail Options!