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| author | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2014-09-11 05:26:50 +0100 |
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| committer | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2014-09-11 05:26:50 +0100 |
| commit | a7d8d59ac1eb23b538b9dc5d3dc0fa639663ac83 (patch) | |
| tree | a359bae670c6493f06021f4a071ef45abcf2829a /docs | |
| parent | 455a1c32b5d2da4ca693b7e7ea46012c6cad02f0 (diff) | |
Documentation: add notes about performance penalty when using ecryptfs.
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/howtos/encrypted_trisquel.html | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/howtos/encrypted_trisquel.html b/docs/howtos/encrypted_trisquel.html index 2529da4..e4b60fc 100644 --- a/docs/howtos/encrypted_trisquel.html +++ b/docs/howtos/encrypted_trisquel.html @@ -35,8 +35,14 @@ </p> <p> - Set a strong user password (ideally above 40 characters, of lowercase/uppercase, numbers and symbols) and when the installer asks you to setup - encryption (ecryptfs) for your home directory, select 'Yes'. + Set a strong user password (ideally above 40 characters, of lowercase/uppercase, numbers and symbols). + </p> + + <p> + when the installer asks you to setup + encryption (ecryptfs) for your home directory, select 'Yes' if you want to: <b>LUKS is already secure and performs well. Having ecryptfs on top of it + will add noticeable performance penalty, for little security gain in most use cases. This is therefore optional, and not recommended. + Choose 'no'.</b> </p> <p> @@ -184,6 +190,10 @@ </h1> <p> + If you didn't encrypted your home directory, then you can safely ignore this section. + </p> + + <p> Immediately after logging in, do that:<br/> $ <b>sudo ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase</b> </p> |