From a7d8d59ac1eb23b538b9dc5d3dc0fa639663ac83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:26:50 -0400 Subject: Documentation: add notes about performance penalty when using ecryptfs. --- 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 @@

- 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). +

+ +

+ when the installer asks you to setup + encryption (ecryptfs) for your home directory, select 'Yes' if you want to: 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'.

@@ -184,6 +190,10 @@

+ If you didn't encrypted your home directory, then you can safely ignore this section. +

+ +

Immediately after logging in, do that:
$ sudo ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase

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