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Here's the
second half of Red Hat Magazine's look at features to be found in
future RHEL releases. "One of the most requested features since the
release of Enterprise Linux 5 is encrypted device support. We support
encrypted devices via a technology called LUKS. LUKS, implemented on top of
the existing device-mapper cryptography code, standardizes the partition
header for the automatic detection of encrypted devices. It also allows for
multiple passphrases to decrypt the device. For example, if I insert an
encrypted USB stick, the encrypted device is detected via HAL, the GNOME
file manager prompts me for the passphrase, and LUKS unlocks the
device-which is then mounted and ready to use."