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Title: Encrypted $HOME
Post by: peterc on June 03, 2010, 12:12:49 PM
I'm interested in having an encrypted $HOME (especially since I want to carry it around on a USB flash drive), but apparently, support for encrypted $HOME was removed a while ago (I haven't been able to find any explanation as to why). What's the recommended way of doing this myself? I'm familiar with LUKS and encfs; I could also pick up eCryptFS as well.
Title: Re: Encrypted $HOME
Post by: batnas on June 03, 2010, 01:51:31 PM
You could make a remaster of initrd where you add some encryption, and edit tc-functions to decrypt the folder again on boot..

\\Batnas
Title: Re: Encrypted $HOME
Post by: batnas on June 03, 2010, 03:07:28 PM
You might want to have a look at:
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cis1xx/resources/pgp.shtml (http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cis1xx/resources/pgp.shtml)
Title: Re: Encrypted $HOME
Post by: peterc on June 03, 2010, 04:13:29 PM
You might want to have a look at:
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cis1xx/resources/pgp.shtml (http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cis1xx/resources/pgp.shtml)
I'd much rather have all the files automatically encrypted, rather than doing them individually. It just makes more sense to me for encryption to be automatic and in the background.
Title: Re: Encrypted $HOME
Post by: peterc on June 03, 2010, 04:15:25 PM
You could make a remaster of initrd where you add some encryption, and edit tc-functions to decrypt the folder again on boot..

\\Batnas
Well, I guess if I have to, then I have to, but I was hoping that there was an easier way--for example, someone had already compiled the encryption modules or something like that.  :)
Title: Re: Encrypted $HOME
Post by: batnas on June 05, 2010, 06:49:50 PM
I don't think so...
However the wiki have excellent guide on how to remaster. It really is no that difficult  ;)

\\Batnas