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howlsmoving
September 5th, 2008, 02:58 AM
I upgraded from gutsy to hardy. I understand that with the alternate CD there is a way to do full disk encryption at installation. Since I don't want to wipe my drive and start over, I am looking for a HOWTO for full disk encryption to protect my current system. Is there such a guide? Would be much appreciated.

thanks

Dave_Connor
September 5th, 2008, 03:01 AM
There are other ways of encryption without reinstall with encfs with a encrypted directory the only security issue is with the swap partition being un-encrypted which if someone got into your system they could find the decryption keys and get to your stuff.

hyper_ch
September 5th, 2008, 07:21 AM
what you want is quite complicated... easiest way is to reinstall..