I'm seeking advice and wisdom!

My laptop is currently fully encrypted. It has a partition that contains 
a crypt that contains some logical volumes that contain all file systems 
except /boot

It occurs to me I might be better off just encrypting my home directory.

I think this might improve performance as the system would not have to 
decrypt the operating system files. Not sure how big an impact this 
would have.

Presumably I would no longer get prompted for a pass phrase every time I 
switch the machine on. Very secure, but annoying!

Am I right in thinking that the home dir encryption effectively uses my 
password to protect it, or would I have to enter my password and an 
encryption pass phrase every time I log on?

Any thoughts?

Regards,
Tony.
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University of Manchester,           Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039
Manchester M13 9PL.                 Email: [email protected]

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