Hello Steve, > I have encrypted my FS with cryptsetup and see it's > 256bit but I found that it is too taxing on my systems resources (only > Pentium 4 machine with 2GB ram) Could I "re-encrypt" the FS without > loosing > the data which is already stored on it ? I have no room to backup so much > space. Yes, but its always dangerous and you could loose all your data. Don't trust on that and do a backup. If it doesn't matter if you loose anything you could use: dd if=/dev/mapper/[cryptdevice] of=/dev/[device] conv=notrunc Be aware this is DANGEROUS. > Also what would be a recommanded bit for a system such as mine ? 64bit ? > 128 You get a bit more Speed with 128 Bit AES, but still it is slower than withou encryption. cheers Wolfgang -- NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zurück-Garantie! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
