that is an excellent idea! perfect! genius! On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 2:00 AM, Dustin Kirkland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm currently working encrypting the entire user's home directory. I'm > going to propose this again for Jaunty. > > :-Dustin > > ** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu) > Status: New => In Progress > > ** Summary changed: > > - anyone with a livecd can acces data on ubuntu > + anyone with a livecd can acces data on ubuntu -- encrypt home directories > > -- > anyone with a livecd can acces data on ubuntu -- encrypt home directories > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277894 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "ecryptfs-utils" source package in Ubuntu: In Progress > > Bug description: > all of my personal files i store in ubuntu can be accessed by anyone with a > livecd without knowing my password. mac actually locks your personal data by > default so if you put a livecd in and try to access them it will prompt you > for the password. ubuntu does not have this. this renders all of my personal > files insecure. this seems pretty serious to me. > > try using a livecd to read data from your home folder on a mac and see what > happens. this is what should happen in ubuntu. > > once again, seeing as this applies to everyone on a default setup and how it > allows anyone to see all of the files on the computer without a password, > including extremely private and critical ones, and seeing as how you can > eveen delete these files too, it seems pretty serious to me. >
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