IMHO the answer is about your paranoia level. An unencrypted / partition will certainly give some intel about your data, whether in an encrypted partition or somewhere else. However, a cleverly mantained unencrypted / partition may be used as a decoy for a clean machine. Let me explain myself, the unencrypted / partition might mean that the machine doesn't need to encypher anything, therefore an uninteresting machine. However, if on the same machine you boot it with a Live OS and write to encrypted spaces of the disk, it might be possible to completely cloak the second use of the machine. Please, correct me if I'm wrong. On Friday 02 June 2006 01:11, rodger ellis wrote: > Hello > > I don't see the point in encrypting / if you put all your personal data on > the /home partition. Then / contains just the operating system, and that's > nothing someone who steals your computer would be interested in. Is my > thinking correct here? -- Ian - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
