On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 7:11 AM, Stanislav Baiduzhyi wrote:

So, probably everyone has already read the news about ext4 fs-level encryption for Linux 4.1. Out of curiosity (and because I'm a potential target audience for that), what are the thoughts of openSUSE team and are there any plans on introducing support for this into the installer in following releases?

Personally I'd rather see better support for using ecryptfs, much like in Ubuntu, for data and home directories. The layered file system is a 'cleaner' approach IMO, no need to remember to resize the device, you're not forced into a fixed size/ungrowable home dir which is the current mechanism. -- Later, Darin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

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On 2015-04-21 13:11, Stanislav Baiduzhyi wrote:

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So, probably everyone has already read the news about ext4 fs-level encryption for Linux 4.1.

I haven't.

Care to share a link? :-)

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On 04/22/2015 06:25 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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On 2015-04-22 18:47, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:

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В Wed, 22 Apr 2015 18:17:03 +0200 "Carlos E. R." <> пишет:

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On 2015-04-21 13:11, Stanislav Baiduzhyi wrote:

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So, probably everyone has already read the news about ext4 fs-level encryption for Linux 4.1.

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I haven't.

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Care to share a link? :-)

http://lwn.net/Articles/638985/

Thanks. Very interesting feature.

The article says they are trying to make it into kernel 4.1, but some think that is too early. I don't see this getting into yast for a year or two... just a wild guess.

As for the kernel, the 4.0-git patches that I pulled yesterday had ext4 encryption. It will definitely be in the 4.1 kernel. Larry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

On Wednesday 22 April 2015 12:08:22 Darin Perusich wrote:

On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 7:11 AM, Stanislav Baiduzhyi

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So, probably everyone has already read the news about ext4 fs-level encryption for Linux 4.1. Out of curiosity (and because I'm a potential target audience for that), what are the thoughts of openSUSE team and are there any plans on introducing support for this into the installer in following releases? Personally I'd rather see better support for using ecryptfs, much like in Ubuntu, for data and home directories. The layered file system is a 'cleaner' approach IMO, no need to remember to resize the device, you're not forced into a fixed size/ungrowable home dir which is the current mechanism.

Well, they promise much better performance and they are saying that encryption will be directory-based (unless I'm wrong). Plus they say that main guy behind ecryptfs is the lead on the project. So this time I expect improvement, instead of just "doing things differently" as it is often the case. -- Regards, Stas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org