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On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:32:49 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: |
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> > Do you encrypt your home directory? |
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> I encrypt everything except /boot. |
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Is there any benefit in encrypting the likes of /usr and /opt? Unless you |
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don't want anyone to know which software you have installed :) |
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> > What apps and/or combination of apps do you use, and why? |
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> dm-crypt with cryptsetup using the LUKS format. |
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Same here, but only for /home and my backup directory. I really should |
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encrypt swap too. |
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> > Which ciphers do you prefer? Why? |
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> aes-cbc-essiv:sha256, 128bit, because it is fast. |
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Ditto. |
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