libstore is more than just a thin layer between GNU Mach devices (hd0 for example) and the device node below /dev...

Available Stores

device: raw device access, used for access to hd0, etc.
file: use a common file as some kind of block device.
zero: kind of an empty block device.
task: mach task store backend. TODO: what's this?
ileave: interleave store (striping).
concat: concatenate stuff.
remap: remap stuff.
query: TODO: what's this?
copy: TODO: what's this good for?
gunzip: gunzip data on the fly.
bunzip2: bunzip2 data on the fly.
nbd: network block device (Linux-compatible).
url: typed store with URL syntax.
typed: typed store (chainable stores thingy).

At http://www.kataplop.net/pub/info/projets you can find some effort to make some crypto store.

Links: hurd translator/storeio

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