Re: Linux Filesystem and Security of Files
From: Kasper Dupont (kasperd@daimi.au.dk)
Date: 04/09/03
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From: Kasper Dupont <kasperd@daimi.au.dk> Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 23:45:40 +0200
xlendar wrote:
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> If someone comes, opens the box, gets the hard drive and plugs it in
> to another machine. Would he be able to access the files? Or would the
> filesystem still prevent the access unless the required password (root
> password) is provided? (I mean logging into the system as root)
The filesystem cannot prevent access in such cases. The only way to
protect against unauthorized access by people with physical access to
the media is by encrypting the files. Encryption is not free, it does
require a significant amount of CPU time, which is one of the reasons
why it is not used everywhere. Another limitation is that encryption
of an entire disk is AFAIK not supported by mainstream Linux kernels.
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