[Discuss] Full disk encryption

Chuck Anderson cra at WPI.EDU
Tue Jan 3 01:40:11 EST 2012


On Mon, Jan 02, 2012 at 08:12:28PM -0500, Chris O'Connell wrote:
> BitLocker claims a "single digit percentage hit."  Personally I've not
> noticed it.
> 
> ALSO, NO FULL DISK ENCRYPTION should ever be used on an SSD drive.
>  Performance will drop by 30% and the drive's wear-leveling system and TRIM
> won't function correctly.

I'm using LUKS w/TRIM support on an SSD.  Slightly less secure, but
SSD-friendly.



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