encrypted filesystem

[Luis Murillo]

I actually would like to have my /home, / and swap partitions encrypted, and
just leave /boot unencrypted so the system would be able to boot. But one
concern I have is that I don't want to have to input 3 passwords at boot.
I've read the documentation that there's on the Ubuntu site that talks about
this and how to avoid having to type 3 passwords at boot, though I don't
like the idea that it's given there ;)
Maybe with the use of a GPG key or something like that :)

So I'll keep doing research on the subject, just not at the moment because
I'm currently too busy with other projects ;)

-LMurillo

> --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> Von: Lee Braiden <lee_b at digitalunleashed.com>
> An: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Betreff: Re: encrypted filesystem
> Datum: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:13:22 +0100
> 
> On Friday 08 Jul 2005 15:36, René L. Reingard wrote:
> > what do you mean by encrypting my files(system), i would do better work?
> 
> It would mean that, when your computer is powered-down, the information on
> the 
> disk would be virtually unreadable, whether deleted or not.  When up and 
> running, however, it would act as normal.
> 
> Basically, you need to wipe your *partitions*, including swap, then
> encrypt 
> everything on it.  That makes the information computer's hard drive(s)
> just 
> look like junk, when it's turned off.  Ideally, also wipe memory when 
> shutting down and/or booting up.  Definitely, disable any unnecessary
> logging 
> and caching, since you probably have log files filled with passwords typed
> at 
> the wrong time, etc. ;)
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