[Tfug] Encrypting the WHOLE DISK - practical?

[lukkystarr at excite.com]

I would replace the drive, then use flash for all my work.  I guess that is only feasible if you have another drive, the funds to buy one, and the time to set it up....



I have an extra you could borrow.  I wouldn't be tooo upset if it disappeared.  









 --- On Fri 04/13, Jim March < 1.jim.march at gmail.com > wrote:

From: Jim March [mailto: 1.jim.march at gmail.com]

To: tfug at tfug.org

Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:03:02 -0700

Subject: [Tfug] Encrypting the WHOLE DISK - practical?



Folks,My laptop only has a 60gig HD.  It's split now into 57gig boot and working,2gig swap.I've tried to split off /home into another partition but, I can never reallybe sure how much data vs. programs I'm going to be playing with.Now I've got a bit of a crisis: I've been hired to go onsite to anotherstate and investigate a group of scammers.  Long story I won't go into butthe possibility my laptop will be taken is moderately high.  I need a simplemethod of doing whole-disk encryption.Plus somebody else doing election oversight just got burgled of a singlething: her laptop's hard drive.  Which was replaced with another, similardrive, although blank.  Wrong brand though.My main partition is now Ext3.  If I have to reformat in XFS or something Iwill, but...I need to do something quick here.Tips?Oh yeah, I'm running Ubuntu Feisty Beta right now.  (GREAT stuff by theway!)Jim_______________________________________________Tucson Free Unix Group - tfug at tfug.orgSubscription 
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