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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dustin.kirkland@gmail.com,
	sandeen@redhat.com, tchicks@us.ibm.com, shaggy@us.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] eCryptfs: Filename Encryption: mount option
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:13:04 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081106141304.b675cb9e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081104214313.GE6677@halcrowt61p.austin.ibm.com>

On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 15:43:13 -0600
Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com> wrote:

> Enable mount-wide filename encryption by providing the Filename
> Encryption Key (FNEK) signature as a mount option. Note that the
> ecryptfs-utils userspace package versions 61 or later support
> this option.

A usage example would, as always, be useful here.

Do we actually provide a secure key on the command line?  If so, do any
special steps need to be taken to prevent unauthorised viewing of it? 
Fancy things like `cat /proc/mounts' :)



  reply	other threads:[~2008-11-06 22:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-04 21:37 [PATCH 0/5] eCryptfs: Filename Encryption Michael Halcrow
2008-11-04 21:39 ` [PATCH 1/5] eCryptfs: Filename Encryption: Tag 70 packets Michael Halcrow
2008-11-06 22:12   ` Andrew Morton
2008-11-12 17:01     ` [PATCH] eCryptfs: Replace %Z with %z Michael Halcrow
2008-11-12 17:04     ` [PATCH] eCryptfs: Fix data types (int/size_t) Michael Halcrow
2008-11-12 17:06     ` [PATCH] eCryptfs: kerneldoc for ecryptfs_parse_tag_70_packet() Michael Halcrow
2008-11-04 21:39 ` [PATCH 2/5] eCryptfs: Filename Encryption: Header updates Michael Halcrow
2008-11-04 21:41 ` [PATCH 3/5] eCryptfs: Filename Encryption: Encoding and encryption functions Michael Halcrow
2008-11-05 18:17   ` Dave Hansen
2008-11-06 21:01     ` Michael Halcrow
2008-11-06 22:12   ` Andrew Morton
2008-11-12 17:11     ` [PATCH] eCryptfs: Clean up ecryptfs_decode_from_filename() Michael Halcrow
2008-11-04 21:42 ` [PATCH 4/5] eCryptfs: Filename Encryption: filldir, lookup, and readlink Michael Halcrow
2008-11-04 21:43 ` [PATCH 5/5] eCryptfs: Filename Encryption: mount option Michael Halcrow
2008-11-06 22:13   ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2008-11-14 16:47     ` Michael Halcrow
2008-11-05 15:57 ` [PATCH 0/5] eCryptfs: Filename Encryption Pavel Machek
2008-11-06 20:27   ` Michael Halcrow
2008-11-06 20:52     ` Dave Kleikamp
2008-11-06 22:11       ` Michael Halcrow

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