Linux Security HOWTO : Password Security and Encryption : CFS - Cryptographic File System and TCFS - Transparent Cryptographic File System
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6.10. CFS - Cryptographic File System and TCFS - Transparent Cryptographic File System

CFS is a way of encrypting an entire directory trees and allowing users to store encrypted files on them. It uses a NFS server running on the local machine. RPMS are available at http://www.replay.com/redhat/, and more information on how it all works is at ftp://ftp.research.att.com/dist/mab/.

TCFS improves on CFS by adding more integration with the file system, so that it's transparent to users that the file system that is encrypted. more information at: http://edu-gw.dia.unisa.it/tcfs/.

It also need not be used on entire filesystems. It works on directories trees as well.


Linux Security HOWTO : Password Security and Encryption : CFS - Cryptographic File System and TCFS - Transparent Cryptographic File System
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