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![]() ![]() Ubuntu provides a command-line tool for encrypting both the home directory and the swap space. When a Linux system is running out of RAM, the inactive pages are pushed to the swap space while access time is a tad slower than the RAM, in doing so the swap space supplements the device’s RAM when it is almost exhausted. ![]() Swap space is the space on the hard drive that is used as virtual memory. This can include documents, spreadsheets, music, videos, images, and any other files you may download. ![]() If you already have Ubuntu installed without any encryption, then full disk encryption with LUKS may not be an option however, you could still encrypt the home directory and swap space without requiring a complete reinstallation of the operating system.īy default, the home directory is the directory where most of your personal files reside. In practice, this is the recommended method to protect an Ubuntu device since it encrypts all disk partitions including the swap space and system partitions, thus achieving full disk encryption. In a separate tutorial, we highlighted the process to deploy full disk encryption on Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 with LUKS encryption during installation. ![]()
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