[clug] Ubuntu encrypted file systems

[Jim Croft]

is there a detectable/measurable performance hit with the encryption?

jim

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Stephen Boyd<bunyipr at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-08-18 at 09:12 +1000, Ian McLeod wrote:
>> Also wondering if encryption will break suspend or hibernate which
>> would
>> really suck, as I really like the suspend to RAM working on my fancy
>> new
>> Ubuntu netbook when I close the screen.
>
> I have two laptops running Ubuntu Jaunty. Both have LVM encryption; one
> also encrypts my home directory.
>
> Suspend to ram works fine on both (had to correct a typo
> in /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/20-video-quirk-pm-asus.fdi to get the backlight to resume correctly
>
> Hibernate, however, doesn't seem to work.
>
> Note that leaving a laptop suspended to ram is less secure than a normal
> shutdown if you have correctly encrypted the disk(s).
>
> Stephen.
>
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