Re: Fedora Crypto Consolidation Project

[Josh Boyer <jwboyer jdub homelinux org>]

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:32:32 -0400
Steve Grubb <sgrubb redhat com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I wanted to announce a new Fedora Project that will span several distro 
> releases and outline the reasons why we are starting this project. I believe 
> this issue affects the whole Open Source Community. But don't think anyone 
> has explained all the issues.
> 
> The basic problem is that users want to have high quality, tested crypto that 
> can meet any certifications that the user wishes to deploy into, is easy to 
> manage, and works seamlessly across all applications. 

Seems like a very nice long term project!

Does this include things like eCryptfs and/or other mechanisms to
encrypt hard drive contents?  Or just userspace stuff?

josh