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Everything about ECryptfs
Package of disk encryption software for Linux
eCryptfs is a package of disk encryption software for Linux. Its implementation is a POSIX-compliant filesystem-level encryption layer, aiming to offer functionality similar to that of GnuPG at the operating system level, and has been part of the Linux kernel since version 2.6.19. Wikipedia →
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- Read the landmark paper: NV-eCryptfs: Accelerating Enterprise-Level Cryptographic File System with Non-Volatile MemoryCited 7 times
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- Go sideways: Filesystem-level encryptionA closely related topic
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