Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex brings an interesting new security feature to both desktop and server users: the Encrypted ~/Private Directory.

Setup Your Encrypted Private Directory

 $ sudo apt-get install ecryptfs-utils
 $ ecryptfs-setup-private

Use Your Encrypted Private Directory

Log out of your current session, and log back in. You should now have a new mount point at ~/Private.

All content of any files or folders you write in ~/Private will be encrypted when written to the disk, in the hidden directory ~/.Private.

• Note that filenames and directory names will not be encrypted, 264977.