Yes. You must format the drive for encryption. I use SUSE which handles
this through YAST. Obviously, you'll have to temporarily store your info
somewhere else.
When you need access, just mount the partition as you normally would.
You will be asked to supply the password at this time. Just remember to
unmount it when you're finished.
If you need to SFTP to the partition, just SSH and mount it.
This can also be used with memory sticks as well, but this requires a
bit more effort. Novel SUSE has info on this: "Encrypting Data Partitions.
-Don
Ritchie, Josiah S. wrote:
I assume this would have to be done from the start of creation of data
that concerns you though?
JSR/
-----Original Message-----
From: UM Linux User's Group [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Don Schmadel
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 11:56 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [UM-LINUX] "Secure File Deletion"
Another approach is to encrypt the drive or partition and use a serious
password. Then complete erasure is unimportant.
-Don
