so u mean to say that its impossible to copy the data ?? On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:34:54PM +0530, Umer Q wrote: >> Hi , >> >> thanks for your prompt reply >> >> actually my project is on encryption of contents on pen drive . > > Why not just use one of the many encrypted filesystem options for Linux > today and not write a new one? > >> so >> initially we have to demonstrate that it's possible to steal data from >> the pen drive . > > Good luck proving that. > >> that is what i am saying. without the knowledge of >> user, in background i will copy the data . > > I think you need to prove that this is possible first. Good luck with > that :) > >> and in phase 2 , we will >> implement encryption so that , even if its stolen , the data will be >> in encrypted form only. just showing the vulnerability in mass storage >> . > > Again, why not use one of the many solutions for this already? > > Don't reinvent the wheel again please, > > greg k-h > -- Umer -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
