Encryption of user data on redhat 5 and 6

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Yard, John wrote:
>
> I am researching encryption of user data on redhat.
>
> Rh Enterprise 5/6 would be the levels.
>
> The encryption/dycryption  of user data  on disk must be
> dynamic and transparent to both ftp and ssh sessions,
> no special commands to encrypt/decrypt user data. Everything
> is scripted, no user intervention.
>
> Would like to encrypt/decrypt on a directory driven basis
> vs a filesystem basis , but this is not an absolute requirement.
>
> The filesystems are mounted. Mapping user to filesystem
> is problematic , because there are +300 users , and
> am not sure how this would scale up .
>
> Ideas ? Suggestions/

LUKS for whole encrypted disks, and it's in the distro, I believe.

     mark