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Encrypting Sensitive Partitions with dm-crypt and LUKS


Introduction
There are many reasons an individual or organization may need/want to encrypt their data. Unfortunately, encryption of data can cause extra overhead and slightly degraded performance, depending on the method being used. We’ve chosen to highlight block-layer encryption, as it gives the best overall performance among the most commonly used methods.
Note: This example setup used involves encrypting the entire /home partition. This partition will need to be manually unlocked each boot by …

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