From: Miklos S. <mi...@sz...> - 2006-06-13 08:02:37
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> > > - encfs already provides this feature, to unmount an encrypted > > > filesystem if it isn't used (for security purposes). This avoids having > > > to remember unmounting it e.g. before leaving my laptop. > > > > This makes some sense, although the security aspect is not entirely > > satisfied, since open files or CWD within the mount will defeat > > unmounting. > > Sure, but avoiding data loss was chosen as the highest priority. > After all, if data gets lost, then my email volume goes up. :-) Yes, obviously integrity is the most important thing. But in theory you can do - after idle (no requests) timeout, disconnect from server - on new request, reconnect to server, authenticate user (e.g. pop-up window etc.) - restore state (if needed, e.g. open files) > > Right. What I recommend, is that we wait a bit with adding this to > > the library, to see if people find it useful, and possibly until a > > stacking infrastructure is added to libfuse. > > Is someone working on a stacking infrastructure? I seem to remember > some mail about it, but it also seems like that was a long time ago. Yes, see my reply to Remy. Miklos |