encrypted file integration into KDE

Martin Konold martin.konold at erfrakon.de
Sat Apr 27 11:26:19 BST 2002


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On Friday 26 April 2002 10:36 pm, Matthias Wieser wrote:

Hi,

> > I was thinking: it would be great to have the possibility to have
> > encrypted on-disk storage for KDE apps, but to do it nicely, it would
> > hae to be available for all apps.
> >
> > Anyone has ideas on how this could be integrated?
>
> What about using encrypted filesystems? This works with most modern linux
> distributins out of the box.
> For example you may mount your crypto FS under ~/crypto and put your mail
> folder and adress book there.

Encrypted FS need OS/Administrators support while encrypted files can be used 
independent of the OS and are also nice for Email Attachments or removable 
media.

Regards,
- --martin

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Dipl.-Phys. Martin Konold
e r f r a k o n
Erlewein, Frank, Konold & Partner - Beratende Ingenieure und Physiker
Germanenstrasse 15, 70563 Stuttgart, Germany
email: martin.konold at erfrakon.de
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