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["Christian Obst" <christian_obst@xxxxxx>]

Thanks! Although I didn't bother and left my home unencrypted, I might change it sometimes and consider your advice. Actually, I wonder why I didn't think of it myself.

Christian

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> Datum: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:12:04 -0600
> Von: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@xxxxxxxxxx>
> An: Christian Obst <christian_obst@xxxxxx>
> CC: ecryptfs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff: Re: [Ecryptfs-users] Have my home encrypted, and within it, one non-encrypted for i.e. large files?

> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Christian Obst <christian_obst@xxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I originally sent this to ecryptfs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, as
> > suggested here[1]. However, this list does not seem to exist anymore
> > (although I could register there...).
> >
> > Christian
> >
> > [1]: http://ecryptfs.sourceforge.net/ecryptfs-faq.html#nothere
> 
> Hi there!
> 
> Yeah, all of that stuff is out of date, and has been moved to Launchpad.
> 
> Also, my apologies for the really, really, really long over due
> response.  A bunch of mails (yours included) got caught up in a mail
> filter, and I just released them recently.
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am thinking about encrypting my home dir, but occacsionally, I move
> > large files around (i.e. movies), and I am worrying about performance.
> > Is it possible to have something like a reverse ~/Private
> > configuration, i.e. my home is generally encrypted, but I can designate
> > one directory that automatically stores non-encrypted data? Something
> > like ~/Insecure?
> >
> > Another example would be game files, because I imagine having them
> > decrypted on-the-fly while playing could significantly slow it down.
> 
> Great question!
> 
> Actually, it's as simple as dropping a symlink into place.
> 
> For instance, I encrypt my entire home directory.  I also do quite a
> bit with virtual machines in KVM, which have really big backing disk
> images which require quite a bit of file I/O.  For this, I just setup
> a little symlink out of my home directory to some non-encrypted space.
>  For instance:
>   ln -s /srv/virt-images $HOME/virt-images
> 
> And voila -- I can do all the work I want in $HOME/virt-images and not
> pay the encryption penalty.
> 
> Hope that helps!
> 
> -- 
> :-Dustin
> 
> Dustin Kirkland
> Ubuntu Core Developer