Ubuntu 9.04 Home Encryption Performance

news · December 7, 2008

At Phoronix we have posted a new article. A link to this from your

site's news section would be greatly appreciated.

Title: Ubuntu 9.04 Home Encryption Performance ( -at -) Phoronix

Summary: "One of the exciting features that is being worked on for

Ubuntu 9.04 is encrypted home directories. What this means is that at

install-time for either the LiveCD or server installation (or at a point

later on when creating additional user accounts), the administrator can

opt to have the user's home directory encrypted. This is a step-down

from the Ubuntu 7.10 install-time encryption that would encrypt the

entire hard drive and just not the user's home directory, but alas, that

comes with performance consequences. At the request of Canonical, we

have carried out a few benchmarks showing what effect the Ubuntu 9.04

home encryption feature has on the system's overall performance."

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