On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 05:21:34PM +0200, J.Witvliet(a)mindef.nl wrote:
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From: users-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
[mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Fred Smith
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 3:42 PM
To: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
Subject: retrofitting LUKS encryption on installed system
I've got a F19 installation that I'd like to turn into a fully encrypted
system with LUKS.
There are many howtos on the web for encrypting a partition, but they
all show doing it to /home.
-----Original Message-----
No, just re-install.
One partition with /boot and another with an encrypted volume-group, holding /, swap and
the rest.
But before embarking on that trip, do you really need full disk encryption?
I mean, the content of /usr is on any fedora-cd ;-) And when up-and-running, everything
is unlocked.
The only valid reason I can think about, is that other people have physically access to
your machine and could get root-access by booting from cd/dvd, and might alter your
system.
Well, I have employer VPN information, ssh keys allowing me to ssh into
my own home system, and sometimes customer's VPN (and possibly other)
information on it too, so for all those reasons it has seemed like encrypting
the whole thing would make sense.
Fred
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