encryption

[danuk88]

I am new to ubuntu I have used this tutorial to encrypt my operating system

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Encrypted-Ubuntu-8-04-85271.shtml

Does this tutorial use full disk encryption and if it does when I am using ubuntu does it decrypt on the fly?

Thank you

Dan

[hyper_ch]

it does full disk encryption (but makes use of LVM)... and it does unlock it on the fly... if you don't want to use LVM I made a little howto how to manually setup encrypted partitions.

[danuk88]

what is LVM ?

sorry but i am new to ubuntu

Thanks

[hyper_ch]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=852006

[danuk88]

hyper_ch

can you please post your link on howto manually setup encrypted partitions

Thanks for your help

[hyper_ch]

define "manually" and did you try to find a howto yourself?

[simonapnic]

Using a solution such as True Crypt could provide you with more features and options.
The new 5.0 definitely has been improved and I think it's pretty stable.
Of course, it's all about how secure you want your data to be.

[hyper_ch]

v6.0 is already out.

[danuk88]

I did find your tutorial I just wanted to set up encryption manually with out LVM as i was reading that some times LVM has trouble with encryption.

thanks

[hyper_ch]

well, it seems the upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04 has problems with lvm.. a fresh install should be flawless...