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Exploring Cryptographic Filesystems and Linux CryptoAPI Technology

Calendar Nov 29, 2004 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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data protection secure storage encryption technology cryptographic filesystem Linux API
This article will discuss some of the background and technology of cryptographic filesystems and will then cover some example implementations of these filesystems including Microsoft's Encrypting File System for Windows 2000, the Linux CryptoAPI, and