Jeffrey pointed you to http://source.android.com/devices/tech/encryption/ which starts "Encryption on Android uses the dm-crypt layer in the Linux kernel."
So perhaps read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dm-crypt? -bri On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 2:35 AM, Tal Palant <[email protected]> wrote: > i read that and other aritcles on android encryption but couldn't find > answers to what i asked, therefore i posted these questions here. > > On Saturday, September 27, 2014 12:33:20 PM UTC+3, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >> >> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 5:21 AM, Tal Palant <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hello all, >> > >> > i was wondering about two issues relating to android encryption >> > (assuming >> > encryption is enabled): >> > >> > 1) what happens when we add a new file? the system automatically >> > encrypts >> > the new file? >> > >> > 2) what happens when an application tries to read an existing file >> > (which is >> > off course in encrypted)? the system automatically returns the decrypted >> > file to the system. >> >> http://source.android.com/devices/tech/encryption/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Security Discussions" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
