Very Computer

Hi World of Linuxxers!

Do you think it is possible to develop:

ext3 Filesystem with these options:
        - multiple partitions merged into one fs
        - multiple devices merged into one fs
        - compression enable/disable for a directory/tree
          (could be interested for News-Server)
        ===> according to IBM's AIX jfs
        - crypting enable/disable for a directory/tree  $(HOME)
          using the users system password, or extended key based on
        - transaction logging
        - security log facility (to get C2 security level?)

What do you thik about ?

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I think this is very important - make sure it is dynamic, of course, so you
can extend filesystems while they are mounted. I haven't got a clue where
to start (probably from scratch, borrowing from ext2 on the way), it has
been some time since I delved into filesystems. But I think it should be
very doable.

The rest of your list contains stuff that IMHO doesn't belong in the kernel.
It is very well possible to emulate this with user-level crypting or
compressing filesystems, like CFS. Too much bloat...

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        Doesn't the md device in Linux 1.3.69 do this already?

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