Would like to see AES Loop HD encryption in 6.5
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I would like to make a suggestion.. to include AES loop HD encryption (or similar) with 6.5, so it is an option during install..like it is when you install Knoppix to your HD. This seems like it would be a very good option indeed, especially with laptop users.
Would that be compatible
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Would that be compatible with this? http://www.guardianedge.com/products/encryption-plus-hard-disk.php
Insanely unlikely
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Insanely unlikely for a couple of reasons:
1) the program you mentioned is proprietary (generally any commercial product); Linux is not.
2) Each O/S (windows, mac, Linux etc.) has it's own hard drive file system, they are not interchangeable, even when they can read each other's data. So, encrypting & decrypting each others data is just not going to happen even if it were technically possible...it's too much work.
Machines on a network can share data within the network, even if both machines are encrypted. Each machine would decrypt it's own data, then share it as instructed. This would work even if the machines used different encryption methods. But then you would also probably want an encrypted network communications protocol.
Lance
Limited Space
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Lance and Grasshopper. The possible reason that any type of encryption software is not included on the install CD is simply because of lack of space. Warren has to pick and choose lots of different packages for each version of Mepis that he develops.
Having said that, you are aware that you can load these packages post-install via synaptic right? I have not played with them in quite some time, so I cannot give you specifics on package names, but you might go into synaptic and search the name and description for "encryptfs" and "loop-aes". I think that might get you some of them.
Meanwhile, I shall pass on your desires to The Man, and we'll see what happens 
Jon
No computer is magic, no operating system is magic, no website is magic. They all require human interaction, thought, and responsibility to work.
It's already here, just needs implementation.
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Actually the software is already included (see http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Encrypted_Partitions). That, however, will not encrypt root, tmp or var; where sensitive material can remain.
The way MEPIS installs:
1. Forcing a formating of / (root)
2. Not supporting a separate boot partition
makes a secure root almost imposable after the fact. To do that, the installer must be modified.
Yea, You me & apparently no
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Yea, You me & apparently no one else.