Tim Hanson wrote:

The next step to getting this Linux system the way I want it is to look at encryption.

In the Windows world I use software called the Safe House Utilities. This consists of a large (several gb) file which mounts with password as a drive letter, after which it acts as a directory tree transparently. There are several utilities to mount, unmount, change passwords, defrag, etc. It reminds me of Stacker without the compression.

Where can I find a Linux equivalent?

The closet thing I've seen is TCFS, the Transparent Cryptographic File System Do a web search for it ,or go to <A HREF="http://mikonos.dia.unisa.it/tcfs/tcfs-faq.html"><A HREF="http://mikonos.dia.unisa.it/tcfs/tcfs-faq.html</A">http://mikonos.dia.unisa.it/tcfs/tcfs-faq.html If you want a "homebrew system", you can make iso9660 filesystems, mount them as loop devices , then encrypt them when you are done. It is clunky, but you are secure in the knowledge that you choose the encryption method. Or you can just "cat" whole partitions to big files, then encrypt them, with the method of your choosing. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html