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To:	gentoo-security@g.o
From:	Randy Barlow <randy@...>
Subject:	Re: Encrypting a user home folder on a laptop
Date:	Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:05:40 -0500

Wojciech Ziniewicz wrote:
> 2008/2/16, Randy Barlow <randy@...>:
> 
>> Thanks for any enlightenment you can offer!
>>
>> [1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Encrypt_Your_Home_Directory_Using_EncFS
>> [2] http://gentoo-wiki.com/SECURITY_dmcrypt
>>
> 
> Just being curious - what prevents You from using encrypted LVM
> parition for home ?

Nothing prevents me per se - this is just an existing system that I'd
rather not repartition if I can get away with it.  Right now /home is
part of / so I'm trying to avoid changing that.  So far it seems like I
might need to change it anyway though...

-- 
Randy Barlow
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Encrypting a user home folder on a laptop
-- Randy Barlow

Re: Encrypting a user home folder on a laptop
-- Wojciech Ziniewicz

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