I agree with Stephen for encrypting your $HOME partition. Further, if you ensure that SSH is off and/or use OpenVPN where needed, your data should be secure. On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Stephen wrote: > I think Ubuntu server now has an LVM with encryption option. I personally > would start there as i am likely to run an Ubuntu server > > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Nathan England wrote: > >> >> Hello Hello, >> >> I will soon be building a new server for my home office. I do various >> consulting jobs and have access to data that my customers consider highly >> personal or private, some of which I've signed NDA's in order to have >> access to. The current server stores my client data, various source code >> files, but it also doubles as my personal data store. All my personal >> projects along with videos and pictures, audio files and everything that >> all of us parents and geeks would want to store. >> >> My new hardware will have multiple drives in a raid configuration. I have >> not completely decided on how that will be configured. I would like your >> opinions on the best methods of securing a server. I am not against having >> to type in an encryption passphrase each time the machine boots, but as it >> will be headless, I'd really rather not, but hoping beyond setup I will not >> need to reboot it often it is an option. >> >> What options should I consider for protecting the data on the hard drives >> and still provide some sane level of usability from a workstation somewhere >> else? >> >> I appreciate your thoughts! >> >> Nathan >> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- (503) 754-4452 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice ** it-clowns.com Chief Clown