"filevault" using cryptoloop?

[chaumess]

I really like Mac OS X's file vault feature, which encrypts the user's home dir using a cryptoloop-like disk image, which is dynamically mounted/umounted as the user logs on and off.

I don't normally use a Mac, or have any desire to. I like Gentoo. But it would certainly be useful to have my whole homedir encrypted!

It seems that this feature should be pretty easily replicable for linux using a simple cryptoloop and maybe automount.

Has anyone tried to make this work? Any pointers in the right direction?

[adsmith]

google for "crypt filesystem linux" several HOWTO's

My personal favorite: try sys-fs/fuse and encfs

this is not a loop-back system (which I think is sort of messy), but a per-directory system which is neat and easy to use.

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[mcspiff]

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