Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: Randy Barlow <randy@×××××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] Encrypting a user home folder on a laptop
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:06:46
Message-Id: 47B7EAD4.1080704@electronsweatshop.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] Encrypting a user home folder on a laptop by Wojciech Ziniewicz
1 Wojciech Ziniewicz wrote:
2 > 2008/2/16, Randy Barlow <randy@×××××××××××××××××.com>:
3 >
4 >> Thanks for any enlightenment you can offer!
5 >>
6 >> [1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Encrypt_Your_Home_Directory_Using_EncFS
7 >> [2] http://gentoo-wiki.com/SECURITY_dmcrypt
8 >>
9 >
10 > Just being curious - what prevents You from using encrypted LVM
11 > parition for home ?
12
13 Nothing prevents me per se - this is just an existing system that I'd
14 rather not repartition if I can get away with it. Right now /home is
15 part of / so I'm trying to avoid changing that. So far it seems like I
16 might need to change it anyway though...
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