ecryptfs alternatives

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:33:34PM +0100, Michał Piotrowski wrote:
> The beauty of ecryptfs is that I can encrypt one dir - not whole file
> system.

What's the concern with encrypting the whole filesystem?  It's better
for you because you leave significant personal information all over
the disk, eg in log files in /var/log, in /etc files.  Performance-
wise it's not IMHO noticeable.

Rich.

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