encrypted file systems

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Greg,

Do you need a very strong encryption? If not, and if you really want to 
use something that your grandchildren can unscramble, use something 
simple like rot13 which will never become obsoleted. It's a little like 
locking your door with a hook and eye.

Chuck


On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Gregory Nowak wrote:

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> Hi all.
>
> I have some files that I want to put on an encrypted file system. The
> file containing this encrypted fs would then be run through mkisofs to
> make the iso image, which would then be of course run through cdrecord
> to burn the cd.
>
> I'm wondering which encryption method to use. Ideally, I'd like to be
> able to read this back 20 years from now, and it would be nice to
> access this in windows as well, though that's not a requirement, since
> I expect gnu/linux to be around for a long while (smile).
>
> The 2 encrypted fs methods I've found are cryptoloop, and dm-crypt. As
> far as I understand, cryptoloop is better established, but has been
> deprecated since linux 2.6.4. It has been superseded by dm-crypt,
> which seems not to be as well established as cryptoloop, and not as well
> tested, according to the cryptoloop howto. I'm wondering then which one I should use for the long term,
> any suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Greg
>
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