Re: [gentoo-user] Guidance on encrypting my /home

[Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@comcast.net>]

On Saturday 12 August 2006 20:22, John J. Foster wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been playing with encrypting my home directory using cfs and
> following the instructions at
>
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Encrypt_Your_Home_Directory_Using_CFS
>
> I guess it mostly works, although I've had cfsd die randomly a few
> times in a couple days. It sorta bothers me that app-crypt/cfs is
> almost 2 years old and is still testing (~x86). This is one of those
> apps I'd prefer stable.
>
> So, before I get to settled on using this, a few questions.
>
> Do you encrypt your home directory?
>

Yes and others as well.

> What apps and/or combination of apps do you use, and why?
>

We use dmcrypt, which is used to encrypt loop devices as well as complete 
partitions.

> Which ciphers do you prefer? Why?
>

aes-i586 keeps prying eyes out of sensitive data.

> Is it well supported?
>

Most of it is in the kernel... so it's pretty well supported "right out of the 
box"...

> What apps and/or files don't play well with encrytion?
>

None that we run.

> I'm sure I'll have more questions after I've read some more.
>

Feel free to post here or email me directly.

Cheers, Jerry.

P.S. is your name foster or festus?

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