Your case may be different, but on any reasonably modern computer, I believe that you will be limited by I/O for large files, not CPU to do encryption. I certainly haven't noticed any performance difference on large files (no benchmarks to back that up, just personal experience.)
David On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Christian Obst <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > I originally sent this to [email protected], as > suggested here[1]. However, this list does not seem to exist anymore > (although I could register there...). > > Christian > > [1]: http://ecryptfs.sourceforge.net/ecryptfs-faq.html#nothere > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Hi, > > I am thinking about encrypting my home dir, but occacsionally, I move > large files around (i.e. movies), and I am worrying about performance. > Is it possible to have something like a reverse ~/Private > configuration, i.e. my home is generally encrypted, but I can designate > one directory that automatically stores non-encrypted data? Something > like ~/Insecure? > > Another example would be game files, because I imagine having them > decrypted on-the-fly while playing could significantly slow it down. > > If that is not possible, could it be implemented? > > Many thanks, > Christian > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs-users > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- David Tomaschik, RHCE, LPIC-1 GNU/Linux System Architect GPG: 0x5DEA789B [email protected]
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