[NCLUG] linux laptop

[Maxwell Spangler]

On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 13:27 -0600, Sean Reifschneider wrote:
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> On 03/17/2011 12:01 AM, Kevin H. Olson wrote:
> > I would recommend investigating a hardware based encryption over
> > software. The speed difference can be substantial. I have an IBM Laptop
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> Interesting...  I've been running dm_crypt on my laptop for 5 years or so
> and I can't remember the last time I noticed the performance impact.  Even
> on the Pentium M 1.8GHz I used to have, I just didn't notice the overhead
> of crypto.

I run it on a Pentium M 1.5GHz from 2004 -- can't tell the difference
either.  I feel a lot better knowing that if my laptop gets stolen the
data is inaccessable.

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