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From: Nicolai Stange <nicstange@gmail.com>
To: David Niklas <Hgntkwis@vfemail.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why do we need encryption in the fs?
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:42:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lh80hss0.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160101120531.0957e02f@ulgy_thing> (David Niklas's message of "Fri, 1 Jan 2016 12:05:31 -0500")

David Niklas <Hgntkwis@vfemail.net> writes:

> 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.

https://lwn.net/Articles/639427/

Make sure to have a look at the comments below the main article.

> 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.

      reply	other threads:[~2016-01-08 17:42 UTC|newest]

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

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