encryption partition

#1 (**permalink**) 10-Mar-2006, 14:50

hi

i have an Encrypting Partitions on a hd......

i would like to move this hd on another suse system.....

how to be able to use this hd on another suse system?

#2 (**permalink**) 10-Mar-2006, 17:55

Marc Collin wrote:

> hi
>
> i have an Encrypting Partitions on a hd......
>
> i would like to move this hd on another suse system.....
>
> how to be able to use this hd on another suse system?

AFAIK, you just insert the drive into the suse system and mount the
partition.

Alvin

#3 (**permalink**) 11-Mar-2006, 15:03

Alvin wrote:

> Marc Collin wrote:
>
>> hi
>>
>> i have an Encrypting Partitions on a hd......
>>
>> i would like to move this hd on another suse system.....
>>
>> how to be able to use this hd on another suse system?
>
> AFAIK, you just insert the drive into the suse system and mount the
> partition.
>
> Alvin

any thief can use my drive if he use suse?
not really secure

#4 (**permalink**) 11-Mar-2006, 21:16

Marc Collin wrote:

> Alvin wrote:
>
>> Marc Collin wrote:
>>
>>> hi
>>>
>>> i have an Encrypting Partitions on a hd......
>>>
>>> i would like to move this hd on another suse system.....
>>>
>>> how to be able to use this hd on another suse system?
>>
>> AFAIK, you just insert the drive into the suse system and mount the
>> partition.
>>
>> Alvin
>
>
> any thief can use my drive if he use suse?
> not really secure

I suspect that the password required when mounting would still need to be
provided. Therefore, the drive is useless to anyone who does not know the
password.

Alvin

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