remote file system security in light of my recent paranoia concerning government proposals i d love to see a unix based encryption scheme that kept some files encrypted on the host machine say all the files in your home directory used a key system that could not be compromised by eavesdropping over a modem line it seems that this would require modifications to a shell program and a way of telling whether a file was encrypted or not among other things i d love to know about potential security holes in such a system does such a system exist if it were made easy to use and readily available i think it would be a good thing tm i realize that this would probably just involve putting a nice front end on a readily available and very secure encryption scheme but it should be done thanks for the ear brad
