Comments on: Encrypted Swap http://www.sharms.org/blog/2009/09/encrypted-swap/ Life, Linux and Technology Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:40:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fe http://www.sharms.org/blog/2009/09/encrypted-swap/comment-page-1/#comment-1386 Fe Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:30:46 +0000 http://www.sharms.org/blog/?p=590#comment-1386 @eric/everyone: How would you do that on an already installed system? (namely karmic koala) I choose to encrypt home and the swap got encrypted too... No Hybernation :/ @eric/everyone:
How would you do that on an already installed system? (namely karmic koala)
I choose to encrypt home and the swap got encrypted too… No Hybernation :/

]]> By: Richard http://www.sharms.org/blog/2009/09/encrypted-swap/comment-page-1/#comment-1385 Richard Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:50:45 +0000 http://www.sharms.org/blog/?p=590#comment-1385 Perhaps this is a good case for not running swap at all. There is a sizable minority that actively advocate that. It would be interesting to know the side effects of this setup. Perhaps this is a good case for not running swap at all. There is a sizable minority that actively advocate that. It would be interesting to know the side effects of this setup.

]]> By: Flimm http://www.sharms.org/blog/2009/09/encrypted-swap/comment-page-1/#comment-1384 Flimm Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:18:00 +0000 http://www.sharms.org/blog/?p=590#comment-1384 @Eric: Same here. @Eric: Same here.

]]> By: Eric Hammond http://www.sharms.org/blog/2009/09/encrypted-swap/comment-page-1/#comment-1383 Eric Hammond Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:28:57 +0000 http://www.sharms.org/blog/?p=590#comment-1383 I used the alternate install CD to put Jaunty on my laptop and desktop with the encryption+LVM choice. It does everything beautifully including encrypting swap and hibernate (suspend to disk). You simply need to enter the passphrase when resuming. I used the alternate install CD to put Jaunty on my laptop and desktop with the encryption+LVM choice. It does everything beautifully including encrypting swap and hibernate (suspend to disk). You simply need to enter the passphrase when resuming.

]]> By: FireWave http://www.sharms.org/blog/2009/09/encrypted-swap/comment-page-1/#comment-1382 FireWave Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:36:31 +0000 http://www.sharms.org/blog/?p=590#comment-1382 Either, don't forget that if you encrypted your SWAP, suspend-to-disk will be disable ! Either, don’t forget that if you encrypted your SWAP, suspend-to-disk will be disable !

]]> By: vom http://www.sharms.org/blog/2009/09/encrypted-swap/comment-page-1/#comment-1381 vom Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:05:57 +0000 http://www.sharms.org/blog/?p=590#comment-1381 If you do an alternate install, encrypted swap has been there since (at least) intrepid, which is what I'm running. I have: /boot - ext3 / - luks/lvm crypto swap - luks/lvm crypto If you do an alternate install, encrypted swap has been there since (at least) intrepid, which is what I’m running. I have:

/boot – ext3
/ – luks/lvm crypto
swap – luks/lvm crypto

]]> By: molok http://www.sharms.org/blog/2009/09/encrypted-swap/comment-page-1/#comment-1380 molok Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:46:09 +0000 http://www.sharms.org/blog/?p=590#comment-1380 Remember that the swap contains a dump of your RAM when you use suspend-to-disk Remember that the swap contains a dump of your RAM when you use suspend-to-disk

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