Encryption on Linux: Difference between revisions

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* [[Loop device|losetup]] and [[cryptoloop]], part of [[Linux kernel|2.6.x kernel]] and [[util-linux]]

* [[aespipe]], program to encrypt a file stream with the [[Advanced Encryption Standard|AES]] algorithm with key lengths 128, 192 and 256 bit

* [http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ DM Cryptdm-crypt], included in the mainline kernel

** [http://luks.endorphin.org/ LUKS] (Linux Unified Key Setup) aims to improve dm-crypt key management.

* [[cryptoloop]]

** [http://loop-aescryptmount.sourceforge.net/ Loop AEScryptmount] allows mounting dm-crypt volumes without superuser privileges.

* [[Cryptoloop]] is included in the mainline kernel but is insecure and has been deprecated in favor of dm-crypt.

* [http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/ loop-AES] supports kernel 2.0.x onward but requires a patch.

* [http://cryptmount.sourceforge.net/ Crypt Mount]

* [http://ecryptfs.sourceforge.net/ eCryptFS], a stacked filesystem in the kernel '-mm' tree.

* [[EncFS]] uses [[FUSE (Linux)|FUSE]] to provide an encrypted filesystem in [[userspace]].

* [[encfs]]

It is not clear, which of the encrypted files of the above software are compatible to each other,

It is not clear, which of the encrypted files of the above software are compatible to each other, even they seem to use the same [[AES]] algorithm.

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