Encryption
Mike Bristow
mike at urgle.com
Sat Jul 31 12:01:09 BST 2004
On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 11:38:12AM +0100, Grant wrote:
> You say about two partitions, i dont quite understand why you would put
> the lock file on the same drive, surly if its stolen people could just
> use that lock file to decrypt the drive ? i dont quite understand its use.
No, because the thief would need to know your passphrase. All of the
security in gdbe is in the passphrase. Pick a good one!
> Oh and about the yanking it out when ever i want, i guess if i do
> encrypt the drive i will just have to be move careful and remember to
> unmount.
& detatch!
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