Re: btrfs native encryption

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On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Filip Bystricky
<filipbystricky@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear btrfs maintainers,
> Google is evaluating btrfs for its potential use in android, but
> currently the lack of native file-based encryption unfortunately makes
> it a nonstarter. According to the FAQ (specifically the answer to
> "Does btrfs support encryption"), nobody is currently working on this.
> How up-to-date is that answer, and are there any new plans to add
> native FBE in the future?


The ext4 and f2fs encryption implementations were moved to the VFS, so
in theory it can be used for XFS and Btrfs. A usability gotcha that
probably is manageable on Android is dealing with inheritance of
encryption when making snapshots, and dealing with reflinks.

https://lwn.net/Articles/677620/

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