Two (and a half) FileVault questions

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  1. linuxophile, Feb 13, 2009

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    And here they are (they should be simple to answer):
    1) Can you turn FileVault off after has been turned on?
    If yes, will the filesystem become unencrypted?
    1') How much of a performance hit does it entail? (After the initial phase).

    2) If FileVault is on, and I use scp from terminal to send a file to another computer (a UNIX machine), will it be encrypted? Will I be able to read it on the UNIX machine?
    The reason is that I have a cron job that syncs my "research directory" with the department server (UNIX) using rsync. I need the files on the remote UNIX to be unencrypted and readable when I log there.

    For some (psychological) reason I am wary in using FileVault, primarily because I don't have that much of sensitive info to begin with, but also because I am not sure whether the process is completely reversible and how really transparent it is.
     
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  2. ppc750fx, Feb 14, 2009

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    FileVault's performance hit is minimal.

    It is completely transparent to almost every application.

    It only encrypts the storage -- files appear the same to programs.
     
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  3. The ArchAngel, Feb 14, 2009

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    1.) Yes, you can turn off FileVault. Takes roughly as long to decipher as it does to do the initial disk image encryptoin.

    1'.) I haven't personally noticed a performance hit, but I have been using FileVault for several months. I would say any hit to performance could easily go unnoticed.

    2.) This should work as well, as long as you're logged in when the job kicks off.
     
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