On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:32:49 -0700, Richard Fish wrote:

> > Do you encrypt your home directory?
> 
> I encrypt everything except /boot.

Is there any benefit in encrypting the likes of /usr and /opt? Unless you
don't want anyone to know which software you have installed :)

> > What apps and/or combination of apps do you use, and why?
> 
> dm-crypt with cryptsetup using the LUKS format.

Same here, but only for /home and my backup directory. I really should
encrypt swap too.

> > Which ciphers do you prefer? Why?
> 
> aes-cbc-essiv:sha256, 128bit, because it is fast.

Ditto.


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Neil Bothwick

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