Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2217 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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The Thursday 2007-09-20 at 11:58 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:

>  However, I can encrypt the filesytem natively using SUSE methods. What I need 
> to know is what level of encryption is this? Do any of you know what that is? 
> I've googled and cannot find anything.

I don't know much about that, but I can point you to something.

In Linux encrypted filesystems are created via a command like this:

losetup -T -e twofish256 /dev/loop2 big_file_to_be_mounted_as_loop

You can of course use a partition instead. The important thing is the -e 
switch, and in the man page you can find some info, but not a howto.

You can provide an encryption key in a usb memory device and a password you 
have to type: a method that gives double protections. There are, I think, 
two howtos than explain some of these things; even if not complete, you 
should read them.

However, if your company requires some certification, you will probably 
have to go the sles way.

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Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.
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