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Date:      Mon, 1 Sep 2014 08:10:52 +0800
From:      Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
To:        "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@tysdomain.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: best solution for encrypting a mountpoint?
Message-ID:  <20140901081052.6b4eda64@X220.alogt.com>
In-Reply-To: <540341C8.2040003@tysdomain.com>
References:  <540341C8.2040003@tysdomain.com>

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Hi,

On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:39:52 -0400
"Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@tysdomain.com> wrote:

> Hello all:
> I would like to encrypt my /home directory. Is there a good solution
> for handling this? There is already a partition, so I'd like to
> unmount it and somehow set it up so that it will be encrypted.
> Thanks,
> 
as others have already suggested, I also use GELI for this purpose. To
increase security a bit, you can store a key on a removable media. This
would mean that you need this media to be able to access the data. The
passphrase alone will not help.

Erich



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