Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751522AbYKFWOK (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Nov 2008 17:14:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753259AbYKFWNv (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Nov 2008 17:13:51 -0500 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:60736 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753664AbYKFWNu (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Nov 2008 17:13:50 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:13:04 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Michael Halcrow 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 Message-Id: <20081106141304.b675cb9e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20081104214313.GE6677@halcrowt61p.austin.ibm.com> References: <20081104213754.GC6675@halcrowt61p.austin.ibm.com> <20081104214313.GE6677@halcrowt61p.austin.ibm.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 774 Lines: 20 On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 15:43:13 -0600 Michael Halcrow 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' :) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/