Some days ago I read a question related to encrypting a partition. I just know that swap gets encrypted automaticly. Wouldn`t it be possible to encrypt also /tmp and /var/tmp also automaticly with the same mechanism wich is used to encrypt the SWAP?
Somebody mentioned that encrypting /tmp would be needed to because many applicatiosn store their temp. data there (wich is mostly correct). I didn`t posted that question to tech because misc@ is a better place but maybe a developer could answer my question. I thought about the statement that encrypting /tmp and /var/tmp is a good idea and I would angree so are there any (technical?) reasons that can`t be done even if a user does not use svnds? And btw: wouldn`t it be better to use rm -P for /tmp/* (or even -P as default for rm?)? Kind regards, Sebastian
