Am Montag, 23. Juni 2008 schrieb ext Chris Walters: > Sorry if this subject has been hashed and rehashed again, but I was > wondering which Gentoo partition encryption scheme is considered the > best, in terms of: > > 1. Security
Don't know, I'm not a crypto expert.
> 2. Ease of setup and use
dm-crypt with LUKS is IMHO the easier one to setup.
> 3. Number and type of ciphers available
Maybe I'm wrong, but the name loop-aes tells this, right? With LUKS, one can
use (nearly?) any cipher/hash supported by the kernel.
> This question is inspired by my current use of loop-AES on my home
> directories, and my desire to encrypt my whole filesystem - except for a
> boot loader partition.
Gentoo has support for both. Big plus of LUKS is the ability to assign more
than one key (so my wife can boot the laptop with her own key).
HTH...
Dirk
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