On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 6:25 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 there! Yeah, all of that stuff is out of date, and has been moved to Launchpad. Also, my apologies for the really, really, really long over due response. A bunch of mails (yours included) got caught up in a mail filter, and I just released them recently. > 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. Great question! Actually, it's as simple as dropping a symlink into place. For instance, I encrypt my entire home directory. I also do quite a bit with virtual machines in KVM, which have really big backing disk images which require quite a bit of file I/O. For this, I just setup a little symlink out of my home directory to some non-encrypted space. For instance: ln -s /srv/virt-images $HOME/virt-images And voila -- I can do all the work I want in $HOME/virt-images and not pay the encryption penalty. Hope that helps! -- :-Dustin Dustin Kirkland Ubuntu Core Developer _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs-users Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ecryptfs-users More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
