Re: Installing Fedora with LVM and LUKS, using the encryption layer on top of the LVM layer.

2011-07-19 Thread yudi v
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 7:06 AM, yudi v wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 23:02:00 +1000, >> yudi v wrote: >> > >> > I did not know that, I was under the impression once the encryption >> > container is open all the data in that

Re: Installing Fedora with LVM and LUKS, using the encryption layer on top of the LVM layer.

2011-07-18 Thread yudi v
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 23:02:00 +1000, > yudi v wrote: > > > > I did not know that, I was under the impression once the encryption > > container is open all the data in that container is decrypted. > > No. That wouldn't be practical. B

Re: Installing Fedora with LVM and LUKS, using the encryption layer on top of the LVM layer.

2011-07-18 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 23:02:00 +1000, yudi v wrote: > > I did not know that, I was under the impression once the encryption > container is open all the data in that container is decrypted. No. That wouldn't be practical. Blocks are decrypted as needed. > > It might be a significant savings i

Re: Installing Fedora with LVM and LUKS, using the encryption layer on top of the LVM layer.

2011-07-18 Thread yudi v
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 22:20:15 +1000, > yudi v wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 21:51:01 +1000, > > > yudi v wrote: > > > > > > > > fine without any issues and I

Re: Installing Fedora with LVM and LUKS, using the encryption layer on top of the LVM layer.

2011-07-18 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 22:20:15 +1000, yudi v wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 21:51:01 +1000, > > yudi v wrote: > > > > > > fine without any issues and I only have to enter the pass phrase once. > > Now I > > > would like to cha

Re: Installing Fedora with LVM and LUKS, using the encryption layer on top of the LVM layer.

2011-07-18 Thread yudi v
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 21:51:01 +1000, > yudi v wrote: > > > > fine without any issues and I only have to enter the pass phrase once. > Now I > > would like to change this setup with the LVM layer below the LUKS layer. > > That way I do

Re: Installing Fedora with LVM and LUKS, using the encryption layer on top of the LVM layer.

2011-07-18 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 21:51:01 +1000, yudi v wrote: > > fine without any issues and I only have to enter the pass phrase once. Now I > would like to change this setup with the LVM layer below the LUKS layer. > That way I do not have to worry about decrypting 500Gb at every boot. This won't a

Installing Fedora with LVM and LUKS, using the encryption layer on top of the LVM layer.

2011-07-18 Thread yudi v
I am trying to install Fedora 15 32bit on a laptop with 750Gb Advanced Format WD drive. the partition scheme I have in my mind is like this: sda1 100GB Win7 sda2 500MB /boot sda3 500GB LVM (also the PV and the VG) -LV 15GB /root (encrypted) -LV 50GB /home (encrypted) -LV 4GB swap partition (e