A Cryptographic File System for Unix


Published: Apr 04, 2000 Updated: Apr 04, 2000 Section: Network Security Library :: Unix Security Author: Company: Cambridge Protocols Workshop Printable Version Adjust font size: Rating: 4/5 - 3 Votes 1 2 3 4 5

Although cryptographic techniques are playing an increasingly important role in modern computing systems security; user-level tools for encrypting file data are cumbersome and suffer from a number of inherent vulnerabilities. The Cryptographic File System (CFS) pushes encryption services into the file system itself. CFS supports secure storage at the system level through a standard Unix file system interface to encrypted files.

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