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LVM Encrypted Physical Volume versus Encrypted Logical Volume. Am I safe?

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Mar 15, 20269878 views
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I'm somehow new to disk encryption techniques in Linux, but I have the basic notions about encryption. Here my conditions: I need to have "full disk encryption", including "/", not just "/home". I don't need /home on a separate partition, I prefer just a single "/" and swap I need suspend/hibernate…

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Which one is better? They are both using the same technology. If you encrypt the physical volume, then everything inside the LVM will be encrypted. If you need/want somethings to not be encrypted within your LVM volume then you would need to leave s…

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