Re: The EFF is requesting full disk encryption as an option on the (non-alternate) CD

2012-01-04 Thread Clint Byrum
Excerpts from Mackenzie Morgan's message of Wed Jan 04 07:48:44 -0800 2012: > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Phillip Susi wrote: > > Why bother encrypting / instead of just /home?  We already have /home > > encryption, which seems to meet the needs of most people. > > IIRC, certificates like for

Re: The EFF is requesting full disk encryption as an option on the (non-alternate) CD

2012-01-04 Thread Rodney Dawes
On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 10:48 -0500, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Phillip Susi wrote: > > Why bother encrypting / instead of just /home? We already have /home > > encryption, which seems to meet the needs of most people. > > IIRC, certificates like for IPSec and SSL ar

Ubuntu Server Team 20120103 meeting minutes

2012-01-04 Thread Serge Hallyn
The meeting minutes with full irc log can also be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120103 == Agenda == * Review ACTION points from previous meeting * No action items * Precise Development * Ubuntu Server Team Events * Weekly Updates & Questions for th

Re: The EFF is requesting full disk encryption as an option on the (non-alternate) CD

2012-01-04 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Phillip Susi wrote: > Why bother encrypting / instead of just /home?  We already have /home > encryption, which seems to meet the needs of most people. IIRC, certificates like for IPSec and SSL are stored outside of /home, and having those compromised is bad news.

Re: The EFF is requesting full disk encryption as an option on the (non-alternate) CD

2012-01-04 Thread Phillip Susi
On 1/4/2012 1:44 AM, Scott Ritchie wrote: And they're asking people to go to brainstorm: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/05/help-bring-disk-encryption-ubuntu-live-cd What was the reason we aren't doing this already? Why bother encrypting / instead of just /home? We already have /home enc

Re: The EFF is requesting full disk encryption as an option on the (non-alternate) CD

2012-01-04 Thread Stéphane Graber
On 01/04/2012 07:44 AM, Scott Ritchie wrote: And they're asking people to go to brainstorm: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/05/help-bring-disk-encryption-ubuntu-live-cd What was the reason we aren't doing this already? Thanks, Scott Ritchie We decided not to do any major changes to Ubiqui