-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 > Having GnuPG use swap partitions/files is a risky business.
As a general principle, I'm unconvinced of the truth of this as a general statement. It's risky within certain security models. Let's not go about saying it's universally risky. Let's also not recommend encrypting swap space _a priori_ without also warning people of the (massive) performance penalty that can result from encrypted swap. I recall seeing some numbers from OpenBSD that indicated encrypted swap resulted in a 33% slowdown for swap access compared to unencrypted swap. This could be related to OpenBSD internals or it could be indicative of a deeper problem with encrypted swap. Either way, the potential downsides of encrypted swap should be considered before anyone decides to undertake this. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJF473vAAoJELcA9IL+r4EJrHgH/2azJYCxZXWYd53Ir6f7AwSe X3XmXaX4w3lSD9JbaF7xPlTSlLZThuyfEC59hOKUWiPAd9QcJwkySOx0/rrwVZRp sAArZgGaTbvInn7R7xKWSUrztXJtM/fNRuP3UOCg7hvNtdVe2E7Oe2Q60fl753Om p6vk3H93dwyIG2tbJqnJUAXyBhx/Mm5ULct4F99zXHdtgWpvIaylkR0CNvAiLUfM bm/8zk1uXY+4dAJONUB7uQITMynpbwCEGan9ej8JsQMt5Bv1rDZLW5fc7ra+MLG+ UMEDdFTa7KoRU1c3ljM+dwuzub9+CFoeevsDIUEJ5wn1no2ou/HFuWk4aW44Zto= =kZwk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
