WHAT IS THIS? I have patched util-linux-2.9r so that "login"
will generate and use encrypted home directories. This patch
will only work with 2.2.X kernels that have been patched with
the strong encryption patches available on www.kerneli.org. WHY?
I couldn't get CFS to work on my laptop, and TCFS hasn't been
ported to 2.2.X yet. ppdd is still pretty new. If there was a
linux version of "Scramdisk", I probably wouldn't have bothered
to write this. NO, I MEANT WHY SHOULD I USE IT? You could use it
to keep your home directory encrypted when you're not logged in.
When you log in, your directory is automagically decrypted. When
you logout, your home directory, and the files in it, are
encrypted again. Hmm, my friend D. says this isn't correct. He
says whatever you read/write is decrypted/encrypted on-the-fly.
Anyway, if you're running linux on a laptop, and the laptop gets
stolen, your files can't be read. WHAT'S THE CATCH? This is
*alpha* software. It no doubt contains bugs, more bugs, and yet
more bugs. Use it