Finally I will use either the cryptoloop or the dm-crypt implementation. Has somebody already used the dm-crypt implementation? Does it work fine ? And where can I find HOW-TO on dm-crypt ? Thanks David -----Message d'origine----- De : linux-crypto-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-crypto-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Christian Envoyé : mercredi 24 août 2005 15:15 À : linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cc : David Sanchez Objet : Re: Encrypted ext2 fs David Sanchez schrieb: > Hi, > > I'm new in linux file system and I'm trying to modify the ext2 fs to > encrypt/decrypt files on the fly without using cryptoloop. why do you want to do this? did you look on existing encrypted filesystem implementations? for example: http://encryptionhowto.sourceforge.net/Encryption-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.5 Christian. -- BOFH excuse #127: Sticky bits on disk. - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/ - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/