[Wylug-discuss] Ubuntu encrypted install

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 30 April 2010 12:26:06 Simon Brown wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Has anybody tried disk encryption with ubuntu? Our security controller
> at work is talking about whole disk encryption being introduced, but
> as yet no policy has been decided upon. I'm about to reinstall as 10.4
> is available and I'm planning to try it.
> 
> Unless of course anybody has stories of horrible performance impacts?
> 
> Hardware in question is a 3 year old Dell latitude D630 if relevant.
> 
I don't use Ubuntu, but I assume we are talking about LUKS encryption?  If so, 
I've used it on Fedora, and like Shaun I can confirm that I saw no noticeable 
performance hit.  The only thing to consider, I think, is that removing LUKS 
encryption, if you need to, is not straight-forward.  However, for laptops 
that travel, I think it's a good move.

Anne
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