Re: [CentOS] Deciding when to do system encryption

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Bade Iriabho ebade@mathbiol.org wrote:

Hello All,

I have read that system encryption slows a computer down. However, I am more interested in when to use it. Consider the following scenarios:

1. You have a server in a secured server room on a rack (is there any need

and advantage to having system encryption in this particular case) 2. you have a server sitting in an office that is accessible by everyone 2. You have a desktop 3. You have a laptop

So my questions are: What situations/scenarios do you consider before implementing system encryption? I guess at the end of the day, I am trying to figure out the best practices.

I always encrypt the hdd of my laptops, I don't notice much overhead; on servers I encrypt partitions with very sensitive information.