Meir Michanie wrote:
He asked about what to do with his broken harddisk.
----- Original Message -----
Subject: Re: data security
From: Erez D <erez0...@gmail.com>
To: "Meir Michanie" <me...@riunx.com>
CC: "linux-il" <linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il>
Date: 04-02-2009 13:47
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Meir Michanie <me...@riunx.com> wrote:
What about /etc/shadow and other sensitive files? so no encrypting
your
root filesystem is also an issue.
What if you put the hard drive under a very strong magnetic field?
and what if your laptop is stolen ...
----- Original Message -----
Subject: Re: data security
From: Shachar Shemesh <shac...@shemesh.biz>
To: "Orr Dunkelman" <orr.dunkel...@gmail.com>
CC: "linux-il" <linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il>,"Erez D" <erez0...@gmail.com>
Date: 04-02-2009 13:02
Orr Dunkelman wrote:
I guess that the configuration may still reveal some secrets (like
which hosts are important enough to be in /etc/hosts), but it's
better
than nothing...
On my laptop, "most" of the data is not encrypted. I discovered that
compiling inside an encrypted partition is horrendously slow. Still, I
do it if the data is sensitive (e.g. - all data and sources belonging
to
clients automatically goes there). I also keep certain important stuff
there (my email client folder, my documents folder, browser history
etc.) This is fairly easily achieved with symbolic links.
Also, keep in mind that some things are automatically generated but
still sensitive. The most important examples are my bash history file
(
.bash_history under your home directory) and the database for the
"locate" command (/var/cache/locate). The former shows a history of
the
commands I type, and the later has a list of all files on the system,
including those inside the encrypted directory.
This configuration is more dangerous, no doubt, as it is entirely
possible that I have missed something (do share if you think of
anything). It works pretty well for me, however.
Shachar
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Moish
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