On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Tony Arnold <tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk> wrote: > I'm seeking advice and wisdom! > > My laptop is currently fully encrypted. It has a partition that contains > a crypt that contains some logical volumes that contain all file systems > except /boot > > It occurs to me I might be better off just encrypting my home directory. > > I think this might improve performance as the system would not have to > decrypt the operating system files. Not sure how big an impact this > would have. > > Presumably I would no longer get prompted for a pass phrase every time I > switch the machine on. Very secure, but annoying! > > Am I right in thinking that the home dir encryption effectively uses my > password to protect it, or would I have to enter my password and an > encryption pass phrase every time I log on? > > Any thoughts?
Your understanding seems right to me, and TBH, an encrypted /home or just your own folder would be enough for me, personally. Actually I don't do it - I'm not that paranoid - but yes, I expect it'd be faster. To get there from here means a complete backup & reinstall, though, I think... -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat/Yahoo/Skype: liamproven • LiveJournal/Twitter: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
