[HacktionLab] Basic security practice for Ubuntu

[Charlie Harvey]

On 08/05/13 02:39, johnc wrote:
> * As regards having an encrypted hard drive, hopefully that includes
> swap, root and home .... and the rest just excluding /boot. The last
> time I checked you couldn't do a fully encrypted install with the
> Ubuntu installer.

Hi,

There used to be an alternate installer CD that you could use if you
want to do whole disk encryption on Ubuntu. Guide at
http://www.rationallyparanoid.com/articles/ubuntu-12-lts-security.html
But they have included cryptsetup since 12.10 -
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/11/privacy-ubuntu-1210-full-disk-encryption

Cheers,

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