Jeff Spaleta wrote:
On 10/18/07, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Encrypted home directories are a solution for a computer which can be stolen.
If you're worried about your central server getting stolen, you have bigger
security problems than keyring security. ;-) Permissions should be enough to
secure a computer if physical security is present.
Are suggestion that linux laptop users are somehow immune to falling
prey to problem which require troubleshooting application
configurations stored in a user's home directory?
It's an interesting question as to what 'doesn't matter'. I.e. mail
server passwords and other data and configuration stored in
~/.thunderbird. Or everything stored in ~/.firefox. Those seem to me
to be things I'd like encrypted by default as a laptop user, in addition
to what you described as some special xdg style directory.
IMHO, in your scenario, if someone else is troubleshooting my
application configuration, I'd like as a user to be present both
a) to learn how to fix/prevent the problem myself
b) make sure that the troubleshooter isn't violating my privacy.
Now, if it's a corporate laptop, in a scenario where as a user I don't
have a right to that much privacy/paranoia, the corporate sysadmin
should already have the encryption keys (or backdoors).
$0.02...
-dmc
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