Questions tagged [encrypting-file-system]

The Encrypting File System (EFS) on Microsoft Windows is a feature introduced in version 3.0 of NTFS that provides filesystem-level encryption.

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Auto-booting and Securing a Linux Server with an Encrypted Filesystem

I'm setting up some new Ubuntu servers, and I'd like to secure the data on them against theft. The threat model is attackers desiring the hardware or rather naïve attackers desiring the data. ...
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Linux refusing mapped image file created with dd as swap device

Getting the error "WRITE ERROR ON SWAP DEVICE" on boot but all works fine when I change the line: truncate -s $swapsize $flPtDev by cp /swap.img $flPtDev The complete script is the following: ...
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Encrypt at rest existing AWS EFS instances - is it possible?

Based on my understanding of AWS documentation it appears that the only way to encrypt at rest existing EFS instances with some data is to create new EFS instances with encryption enabled and copy the ...
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EFS over network

Two Windows 7 computers, NON-AD environment. An identical username/password exists on both machines. If I use EFS to encrypt files on computer 1, then install the EFS certificate on computer 2, ...
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Can user protect his files from untrusted administrator? [closed]

I am looking for means to prevent my Windows administrator from accessing my files. My plan is to cipher my files with EFS. As far as I know administrator can access ciphered files if he has EFS ...
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