[NBLUG/talk] Crypt Filesystems

[Jacob Appelbaum]

Walter Hansen wrote:
> I'm doing full disk backups that go offsite. I was thiniking what would
> happen if one of these backups fell into the wrong hands (I'm sure that
> the fate of the universe would be changed and evil would abound (in other
> words they'd say 'Cool! A 250gb SATA! I'll wipe it and put porn on it!').
> Anyway a nice drop in solution would be some sort of encrypted file
> system. I'd imagine it would probably work something like raid with ext3
> used on top. Speed isn't really a concern as I use a rsync at midnight to
> bring the drive up to date.
> 
> I seem to remember it was a meeting topic about a year ago, but I didn't
> make it. I see that there are buch listed online and was wondering if
> anyone who's dabbled might have comments or suggestions.
> 
> Walter - Trying to make his backup system really nice.

I'm the one that spoke on this subject last year.

I suggest you take a look at http://loop-aes.sf.net

Read their documentation and ask questions here. I'll help you through it.

Best,
jacob appelbaum