[NBLUG/talk] Crypt Filesystems

[David Rosenstrauch]

Jacob Appelbaum wrote:
> Jippen wrote:
>> Here is a guide that is pretty close to what you are asking for.
>> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Encrypt_Your_Home_Directory_Using_CFS
>>
>> I havn't done it yet, but if you want, I am reformating my test system
>> today, and can do that as well.
>>
> 
> Don't use CFS. It's an old broken pile of bits. It's everything wrong
> with NFS, everything wrong with crypto file systems and it's old
> abandoned code.
> 
> Don't get me wrong, Matt Blaze is a smart guy but this code is really
> dated. Don't use it anymore.
> 
> Regards,
> Jacob

Not to mention that encfs, which uses fuse, has pretty much superseded 
it at this point.

DR