On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 04:57:54PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > On Tue 2008-11-04 15:37:54, Michael Halcrow wrote: > > This patchset implements filename encryption via a > > passphrase-derived mount-wide Filename Encryption Key (FNEK) > > specified as a mount parameter. Each encrypted filename has a > > fixed prefix indicating that eCryptfs should try to decrypt the > > filename. When eCryptfs encounters > > That is 'interesting'. What happens if normal filename has that > prefix? If the lower filename has the prefix but does not have a valid tag 70 packet following the prefix, then eCryptfs will complain in the syslog and then pass through the lower filename as-is.