On 31/01/12 16:52, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Tuesday 31 January 2012 15:14:30 Tim Serong wrote:
The story is different if you specifically encrypt a file with GPG (or whatever) then copy that encrypted file elsewhere.
This is an important difference between block-level and file-level operations. You really don't want to have file level encryption on your entire /home. You would need to enter your encryption key every time a file was opened. Once for .bashrc, once for .bash_history, once for .profile etc etc etc.
A scheme like that would last exactly 5.4 seconds, then you'd reformat with something sane
"5.4 seconds" if not earlier :-) . But having stated this, I have noticed that after I type in the passphrase after the system (12.1) boots there is a noticeable delay before I get the login menu (to actually enter the system). This did not happen before 12.1. Which leads to the question: has this delay something to do with my having encrypted the /home directory or some other reason? BC -- The wise man does at once what a fool does finally. Niccolo Machiavelli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org