encrypting part of a file system is way too hard
Bug #210179 reported by
Robert Persson
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Wishlist
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Dustin Kirkland |
Bug Description
Encryption of private data is not optional for most laptop users. However it is insanely difficult to set this up in Ubuntu. I personally have just spent several hours trying to wrestle with setting up encfs and ecryptfs in hardy beta to no avail. what ought to happen is that the ubuntu installer should ask you whether you want to set this up and do the work for you. Failing that we need a very good howto, which doesn't seem to exist yet.
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Thank you for your bug report, but without a associated package it will probably not get much attention. I chose ecryptfs-utils because it seems at least a remotly sane decision, but you (and the ecryptfs-guys) should feel free to reassign it.