This thesis is about encrypted filesystems and is aimed mainly for Linux solutions. At first there is explained why is it necessary to encrypt your data at all. Next is written about pros and cons of encrypting methods such as whole disk encryption, partition encryption, container encryption and file encryption. After the introduction there are mentioned most common security issues which can help attacker to decrypt your data or modify them. Furthermore this thesis contains short description about the most often used encrypted filesystems. There is also small how-to for the most important encrypted filesystems available in Linux and comparison of their speed. Next part of this thesis contains dm-crypt and LUKS description. In the last chapter all information are concluded. There is also mentioned benefit of this work and possibilities, what can be done in future.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:235901 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Hlavinka, Michal |
| Contributors | Nagy, Jan, Hanáček, Petr |
| Publisher | Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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