Encrypted filesystems? OT - _compressed_ filesystems?

[Mike Kirk]

> I use loop-aes.  http://loop-aes.sf.net/  It's good for swap, as well as
> for filesystems.

Not to hijack the thread too much, but has anybody come across something
similar (i.e. a loopback device) for compressed filesystems? I've read about
squash/cramFS, but it seems with those you end up with a read-only
filesystem?

I keep several days of online backups using rsync/hard-links
(http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/), and I could save lots
of space if the diffs were compressed. In this case I have DVD-based backups
as well, and saving space on these non-critical online backups would let me
keep more days of backups available at once.

Regards,

   Mike



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