[ILUG] Hard Disk Protection in Live CD Boot Ups

Timothy Murphy gayleard at eircom.net
Wed Jan 14 13:35:50 GMT 2009


On Wednesday 14 January 2009 13:17:30 Josh Glover wrote:

> > I would really like to start implementing a personal security strategy
> > and infrastructure from scratch and incorporate some or all of the
> > aspects you  specified. Where can I get a template/guide for such a
> > task? Josh, can you share or put a rough guide on this ... just to help
> > get started! Looking at personal files, e-mail, etc ... locally and in
> > the cloud!
>
> It is really not that hard to get the basics right:
>
> 1. Encrypt everything

As a matter of interest, what do you recommend for encryption?

[I encrypt financial information with "vim -x"
but I have never looked into the safety of this.]

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