Re: root encryption vs just /home encryption?

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On Sun March 23 2008, Louis E Garcia II wrote:
> Why would you encrypt the whole disk? /home is where your data is the
> rest is just a regular fedora installation? Is SWAP important to?

Yes, swap may contain sensitive data, too. Also /root, /var, /tmp, /etc 
and /usr/local and probably every other location, because one may always make 
a mistake and copy something to an unencrypted location of the harddisk.

Regards,
Till

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