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2009/2/4 Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On 04/02/2009 11:29, Paul Sutton wrote: >> for example File system encryption comes with pretty much every version, >> so even home users can have a decent level of encryption. >> > Does it? Yes. Has done for ages. However it is only currently available when installed from the alternate or netinst text based installation CDs. > As far as I was aware as least as far as Ubuntu is concerned, > only 8.10 has support for an encrypted Private directory by default. > Sure it's possible to add Truecrypt but I wouldn't go as far as saying > it's easy enough for anyone to do with a couple of clicks. Truecrypt on > Windows looks to be dead easy to use though. Whilst it's not available on the Live CD, it's actually pretty painless to do using the alternate CD. Cheers, Al. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html