I'm currently working encrypting the entire user's home directory. I'm
going to propose this again for Jaunty.
:-Dustin
** Changed in: ecryptfs-utils (Ubuntu)
Status: New => In Progress
** Summary changed:
- anyone with a livecd can acces data on ubuntu
+ anyone with a livecd can acces data on ubuntu -- encrypt home directories
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anyone with a livecd can acces data on ubuntu -- encrypt home directories
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277894
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Status in “ecryptfs-utils” source package in Ubuntu: In Progress
Bug description:
all of my personal files i store in ubuntu can be accessed by anyone with a
livecd without knowing my password. mac actually locks your personal data by
default so if you put a livecd in and try to access them it will prompt you for
the password. ubuntu does not have this. this renders all of my personal files
insecure. this seems pretty serious to me.
try using a livecd to read data from your home folder on a mac and see what
happens. this is what should happen in ubuntu.
once again, seeing as this applies to everyone on a default setup and how it
allows anyone to see all of the files on the computer without a password,
including extremely private and critical ones, and seeing as how you can eveen
delete these files too, it seems pretty serious to me.
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