Basil Chupin wrote:
perhaps it's a good time for the very paranoid to switch to hidden encrypted partitions with truecrypt (www.truecrypt.org).
the basic premise is there are 2 separate, mountable partitions within an single encrypted file. password A opens and allows partition A to be mounted, password B opens and allows a smaller subset partition to be mounted, giving plausible deniability if forced to divulge a password.
From where I am sitting, this is as useless as the encryption which I am now using on my /home directory. It doesn't matter how many partitions and layers of wotnots you have - they will only work on the CURRENT system and partitions. Copy files to another medium and.....anyone can read them.
They can only be read if stored on unencrypted media. Trucrypt can also be used to provide encryption on portable devices. So, regardless of how you encrypt your hard drive, copy to the encrypted portable drive. Also, there's no reason why you can't encrypt the drive you use for backup with the normal Linux encryption. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truecrypt -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org