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Re: Suggestion - swap + root encryption



Hello!

neodaxus@gmx.net [Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 02:18:38AM +0100]:
> I'm talking about swap + root encryption. Especially root encryption is 
> not so easy to set up, so a lot of people don't use it and often even 
> ask questions like "but why would someone want to encrypt the whole hard 
> disk"? ;-).

Well, please have a look at 
http://nico.schotteli.us/papers/linux/cryptoloop-partial-security

for some drawbacks. Cryptoloop are not protecting against everything.

Just to mention that, perhaps already known.

Greetings,

Nico

ps: This is my "hello-to-the-list-message".

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