maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - [Announce] TrueCrypt available in extras-testing [+transparently MASS-STORAGE'ing encrypted volumes for desktops]

	Estel	2012-01-10 , 23:58
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Originally Posted by Estel

Q: Is it possible to encrypt whole /home/ ?
A: Yes, but it is quite complicated and *not* recommended process - you need to be sure, that You'll know what to do, if something goes wrong. And I would not like to be in your shoes, if you find yourself in need for reflash COMBINED (although, it doesn't affect reflashing kernel-only). See THIS and find template scripts HERE

Scratch this, as it's applicable to cryptsetup, *not* TrueCrypt - my bad. It was already deleted from FAQ.

Of course, automount script on device startup is still perfectly achievable.

/Estel

// Edit

Yet, for people interested in encrypting *whole* '/home/user/' (not only private things and symlinking) I've come across this:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...0&postcount=36

I was written for older version of TrueCrypt, but should work exactly the same on 7.1. Be warned though, I haven't tested it myself (personally, I think encrypting /home/user/ as a whole is a little counter-productive performance wise, considering that we're able to encrypt only private things), and it's definitely advanced topic, not for those of faint heart. Use at Your own risk.

/Estel

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Last edited by Estel; 2012-01-11 at 00:16.

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