[CentOS] Deciding when to do system encryption
Lucian
lucian at lastdot.orgTue Oct 11 05:26:37 UTC 2011
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On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Bade Iriabho <ebade at 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.
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