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On Friday 16 June 2006 21:11, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
I have been pondering laptop theft. Now, I know our company source code is of limited interest to all but a few odd companies scattered around the globe. But the idea of it getting away from me is not so very nice. A couple of us here maintain a subversion checkout on our laptops. By design, the laptop is complete and can be used to create the entire product for four or five platforms, just by a few make commands.
What is the best security? What are the reasonable options? For a current Linux distro.
I think it is a given that any Linux user security does not apply. Just boot Knoppix and all is revealed. The proverbial double edged sword.
One could encrypt the file system. This seems a bit much. Encrypting the files themselves is not feasible. There are a gazillion of them. (I counted.) Can you encrypt an existing file system? I suspect not.
One could have a BIOS password. This sounds best. But I guess these are easily gotten around? It sounds too simple a solution. Or one that leads to other odd problems.
Is anyone else protecting their laptops in some unknown-in-these-parts-but-soon-to-replace-the-mudshark-in-your-mythology way?
(I blame the IPOD on my desk. I listen to all sorts of odd things that I usually forget about at home.)
-- Roger Oberholtzer
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encfs is a good choice. I using the same for encrypting my source code under the workspace directory. The packages and kernel modules are included in SuSE 10.1. encfs will create a loopback encrypted file system(FUSE) in the current non-encrypted partition where it can be mounted on a subdirectory inside your home directory and place all your code and work copies in it. It supports AES, blowfish upto 256 bits encryption. While mounting it asks for the paraphrase/password and its ready to use. I don't see any performace issues. -- CHAITANYA CHALASANI LINUX USER #410931 -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com