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RE[2]: filenames not encrypted
by aitvo on Sun 6th Jul 2008 15:19
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2006-09-03
Without encrypted swap and temp, it's pointless to encrypt files and filenames.
It's as easy as steal -> put drive in new device -> strings /dev/swap partition.
The OS is even irrelevant.
The only good answer (currently) is a drive that self encrypts, OR a fully encrypted disk.
Unless you just want to obscure files, and don't care if the contents are retrievable on theft. In that case, encrypting a file system without a signature is fine as long as you don't keep shell history or event logs anyway.
:-D
I'm eager to play with Truecrypt whole disk encryption, but LUKS for everything but /boot seems to work very well.