Re: transparent cfs (tcfs)

From: Adam Laurie (adam.laurie_at_thebunker.net)
Date: 10/22/04

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    Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:33:06 +0100
To: Yan Wang <ywang4@cs.pitt.edu>

    Yan Wang wrote:
    > Richard,
    >
    > Thank you for your information.
    >
    > I got the response of TCFS authors, a group at University of Salerno, Italy,
    > saying they have stopped the project. My impression is that it is pretty
    > tough to port from OpenBSD to FreeBSD. The kernel part is very different.
    > No wonder tcfs is not available at FreeBSD.org.
    >
    > Interestingly, I also got a response from OpenBSD community. They also
    > stopped the project to include tcfs into OpenBSD, because the software
    > license problem. tcfs was not intended to be free.
    >
    > As far as I know, AT&T's CFS is based on the work of Matt Blaze. What I
    > heard is that it is implemented at the user space, only supporting
    > directory encryption not file-level. Richard, is this true? I might
    > reconsider using CFS.

    CFS maps an encrypted directory tree, so everything in it including
    files and sub-directories gets encrypted. i've been using it, without
    problems, for several years, and would have no hesitation in
    recommending it.

    cheers,
    Adam 

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