[wellylug] Paranoid....

[Vincent Cox]

Jethro Carr wrote:

>hi all,
>
>I want to encrypt all my filesystems, so my data is highly secure, and
>very hard to hack.
>
>I want to have these things:
>- Password protection
>- Encrypted data
>- Fast (Prefably, no speed delay)
>- Secure, so bootable os's, like knoppix, can't access it.
>
>I know that there are a few different methods, or systems avalible.
>
>Has anyone had any trials or experiance with this?
>What sort of secure file systems, or methods should I take a look at?
>
>
>thanks, 
>
>  
>
Hi
Have a look at the Gentoo Forums for this how-to

Here's the link http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=108162

Also this link for another way of doing it, just came across this site 
the other day.

http://arg0.net/users/vgough/encfs.html


I have thought about trying it out but have never got around to it, what 
I am concerned about is

1. File system speed, how much of an impact is this going to have on the 
system.
2. What about recoverability.  Suppose you have to re-install/change 
distro for what ever reason, will the encrypted
files be recoverable.

I'd be interested in learning a bit more about this as well

vince