Encryption of samba partitions

[Robert Dahlem]

Stefan,

On Sat, 2 Dec 2000 19:58:39 +0100, Stefan Nunninger wrote:

>I'm wondering wheter it's possible to encrypt complete samba shares.
>
>[...]
>The reason why I want to have this is in case a harddisc is stolen. On 
>the other hand the usage for trusted people should be as easy as 
>possible.

There are hard disk controllers on the market doing encryption on the 
fly. This will prevent you from ending up with confidential data in a 
swap partition.

Regards,
        Robert


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