Ubuntu
ecryptfs-utils package

encrypting part of a file system is way too hard

Bug #210179 reported by Robert Persson
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Dustin Kirkland 

Bug Description

Encryption of private data is not optional for most laptop users. However it is insanely difficult to set this up in Ubuntu. I personally have just spent several hours trying to wrestle with setting up encfs and ecryptfs in hardy beta to no avail. what ought to happen is that the ubuntu installer should ask you whether you want to set this up and do the work for you. Failing that we need a very good howto, which doesn't seem to exist yet.

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Michael Nagel (nailor) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report, but without a associated package it will probably not get much attention. I chose ecryptfs-utils because it seems at least a remotly sane decision, but you (and the ecryptfs-guys) should feel free to reassign it.

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

I'm working on this as part of the Intrepid release. I have a Blueprint defined, still working on the specification. Will be looking for testing within the community very shortly!

:-Dustin

Changed in ecryptfs-utils:
assignee: nobody → kirkland
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → In Progress
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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote :

With the release of Ubuntu 8.10 beta yesterday, I'm marking this bug "fix released". We now have a very simple mechanism by which Ubuntu users can encrypted part of a filesystem.

In Jaunty, I hope we can expand some of the graphical and management utilities.

:-Dustin

Changed in ecryptfs-utils:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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