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Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem

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On 6/25/2020 3:34 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 09:28:38PM -0400, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
>> On my Wheezy system, I used cryptsetup to set up a LUKs  encrypted file system
>> on a dedicated partition (actually, two filesystems).
>>
>> It was a PITA learning how to do it, and it was 6 years ago, and it looks like
>> I have to relearn it to do it again on Jessie and / or Buster (and on a backup
>> device).  (I have my "stream of consciousness" notes from when I did it back
>> then, but there were so many false starts / blind paths that the notes are
>> very confusing.)
>>
>> I'm wondering if cryptsetup is still something like "state of the art" or if
>> there is anything more secure and simpler to learn to setup?
>>
>
> Assuming you are considering a new installation, which you seem to have
> implied, then you should probably just try the Debian Installer.  The
> support for installing to an encrypted partition has improved
> considerably with each installer release.  The last time I did it with a
> Buster installer it was not even necessary to consult my notes.
>

+1, encrypting the boot partition is not that dificult either.

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John Doe

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Advice on encrypted filesystem rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-06-25 03:30 +0200
  Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2020-06-25 03:40 +0200
    Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-06-25 04:20 +0200
    Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2020-06-25 09:50 +0200
    Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-06-25 13:40 +0200
      Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-06-25 15:30 +0200
        Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2020-06-25 15:40 +0200
          Sound in Jitsi/BBB [was: dvice on encrypted filesystem] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-06-25 16:00 +0200
            Re: Sound in Jitsi/BBB [was: dvice on encrypted filesystem] Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2020-06-25 16:00 +0200
              Re: Sound in Jitsi/BBB [was: dvice on encrypted filesystem] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-06-25 16:10 +0200
        Zoom client for Linux (was: Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-06-25 16:20 +0200
      Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-06-25 16:30 +0200
  Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-06-25 04:30 +0200
    Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-06-25 13:50 +0200
      Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-06-26 15:30 +0200
        Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-06-26 16:40 +0200
        Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-06-26 17:50 +0200
          Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-06-26 21:10 +0200
            Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-06-26 21:50 +0200
              Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-06-27 03:30 +0200
                Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-06-27 06:10 +0200
                Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-06-27 09:10 +0200
                Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem Admin4 <admin4@dwaves.de> - 2020-06-27 10:10 +0200
                Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-06-27 21:50 +0200
                Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-06-27 22:20 +0200
                Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-06-27 10:50 +0200
                Re: Advice on encrypted filesystem David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-06-27 23:30 +0200

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