[Novalug] Filesystem encryption thoughts

[Paul M.]

I would argue that you should be encrypting everything. Some things,
like /tmp and /var/log, should be encrypted too.
-Paul

On 8/1/07, Mark Smith <mark at winksmith.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 11:22:34AM -0400, Mike H wrote:
> > I wanted to know ppl's experiences with filesystem encryption on linux: good
> > and bad.  I am looking into encrypting my swap partition and my home
> > partition, but not my root partition on my brand new laptop.  However, I am
> > concerned about increased data transfer latency.  Will my multimedia files
> > i.e. movies and music be laggy when played back from an encrypted partition?
>
> movies/music probably don't need to be encrypted.  have you considered
> partitioning your data into needing security v.s. not needing
> security?
>
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