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Method of data encryption
Filesystem-level encryption, often called file-based encryption, FBE, or file/folder encryption, is a form of disk encryption where individual files or directories are encrypted by the file system itself. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Filesystem-level encryptionA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Unix System Administration HandbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Go sideways: ECryptfsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Disk encryptionA closely related topic
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đź“š Books worth reading
Unix System Administration HandbookEvi Nemeth, Garth Snyder · 1989- 📕Filesystem-Level EncryptionGerard Blokdyk · 2017
Hacking Linux exposedBri Hatch, James Lee · 2001
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