Re: Encrypt swap

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On 20/08/16 18:54, user49b wrote:
> Hi David
>
> Thanks for the replay.
> My IPcop instance does not use a lot of swap.
>
> free -h
>                 total        used        free      shared buff/cache
> available
> Mem:           503M        163M         52M        128K 287M        321M
> Swap:          746M         28M        718M
>
> But it does use some.
>
> Regards
> Kris
>
>
>
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> *From:* Administrator <mailto:admin-JJaFKVBkT/[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 20, 2016 2:21PM
> *To:* Ipcop-user <mailto:[email protected]>
>
> *Subject:* Re: [IPCop-user] Encrypt swap
>
>
>> On Saturday 20 Aug 2016 12:04:53 user49b wrote:
>>> Has anybody ever tried to encrypt the swap file on IPcop.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Kris
>> Hi Kris,
>>
>> I would have thought it unusual for an IpCop instance to be using swap.  Just
>> my 4¢ worth.
>>
>> That said, there does seem to be a swapfile install option ...
>> http://www.ipcop.org/2.0.0/en/install/html/booting-alternatives.html
>>
>>


I would have thought the bigger question is why would you want to 
encrypt swap?
If you did where are you going to store the key?

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