Encrypting a partition
Alan
alan at clueserver.org
Mon Dec 24 17:11:17 UTC 2007
> On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 03:20:26PM +0530, Amitakhya Phukan wrote:
> There's little point in that, but it does add more security. Also, you
> should encrypt any swap and, if not encrypting /home, /tmp:
>
> Add to /etc/crypttab:
> 1. cswap /dev/volgroup/swap /dev/urandom swap
> 2. ctmp /dev/volgroup/tmp /dev/urandom tmp
> 3. cvartmp /dev/volgroup/vartmp /dev/urandom tmp
Does encrypting swap interfere with hibernate or sleep mode on laptops?
(Just asking in case I ever get sleep or hibernate working on my laptop.)
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