Re: On-the-fly instant decrypt when opening a crypted file under Windows ?

From: Antoine Mathys (Antoine.Mathys@unifr.ch)
Date: 04/14/02 

Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 22:20:58 +0200
From: Antoine Mathys <Antoine.Mathys@unifr.ch>

Peter Hanke wrote:
> I want to keep certain files crypted on my hard disc. When programs write into and
> read out of them they should be en-/decrypted on-the-fly.

> ... there should be a unix-line scenario

good intuition, unix may be the answer.

> ... A second possibility could be a virtual drive which encrypts all files hold in this drive.
> Whenever I type in a password during a session the files are accessible for other programs.
> When I do not enter a password the files are only accessible in encrypted form.
>
> Does anyone has some ideas on this problem ?

Yes :

step 1) remove the Windows virus from your machine
step 2) install linux
step 3) use CFS (crypto file system)

A.M.

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