> If I would have to choose between disabling my swap or adding a > kernel patch so all my hard disk is encrypted (including the swap > partition) I would chooce the later. Maybe create an unencrypted > partition for non-sensitive information and programs.
You're in luck: www.kerneli.org .. you should know, however, that typical write speeds are under 1mb/s and read is around 4MB/s. I have a system running ReiserFS over the encrypted loopback device, however the system is abysmally slow. It is on a K6-350. I have a few theories on why this is, but I'm no programmer. Also, to save you some trouble - the fastest algorithm appears to be Serpent. Oh, and you do *NOT* want to enable a swapfile under a looped FS unless you enjoy soft-locking your system. The buffer for the disk and for the loopback device can easily lock up, and if the kernel is unable to swap the data back, it'll happily grind to a halt for a random period of time. :( I would recommend either a hardware encryption solution, or to use the loopback device strictly for storage of sensitive information. Don't encrypt your whole system unless absolutely necessary. Also.. I would strongly recommend against deploying a looped filesystem over a software RAID solution (any level) as there are known issues with the RAID code in the linux kernel - both in terms of its interaction with any ReiserFS partition and the loopback device. ~ Signal 11 _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
