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peregus@lemmy.world 5 months agoIf you tick the encryption box during install, you will have to enter the decrypt password at every boot and that means that if the power goes out for long enough (UPS doesn’t keep the server up for hours), I (and my family) will not have access to the self hosted stuff until I’ll be home and this is why I encrypt only the data partition and not the boot one.
bluespin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You can decrypt via ssh at boot. I used dropbear to accomplish that on my machine
peregus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That’s interesting, but that won’t help if I’m away or on vacation on the other side of the world
bluespin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I may be missing something in your use case. As long as you have the port forwarded you can decrypt from anywhere. Use pub key auth and you’re good to go
peregus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You’re just missing the part where I want to be on vacation without the need to find a decent Internet connection to boot my serve because the power went off. What’s the plus of encrypting the OS partition too?