Fedora 26 will increase the performance of encrypted ssd drives

According to the Fedora 26 release schedule, the upcoming operating system is approaching an important milestone with many changes.

Final version of Fedora 26 will arrive on June 6

The release of the final version of Fedora 26 is scheduled for June 6 and the developers of Fedora are publishing a large number of interesting proposals that change many parameters of the system. Of all these changes, there is one that is especially striking, the enabling of TRIM in encrypted disk controllers for SSD (Solid State Drives), which could dramatically improve the performance of these units.

Adding the "discard" option to the / etc / crypttab file is all that is needed to enable TRIM on an SSD, but it would seem that enabling "discard" on an encrypted drive could cause an information leak on the device. encryption, including space used and file system type, which could help an attacker break encryption more quickly.

Increased performance of SSDs in Fedora 26

In the latest Fedora surveys, they reveal the fact that users don't want to sacrifice disk performance if they use an SSD, just to keep their data encrypted and out of the eyes of government and intelligence agencies.

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Fedora is currently working on a method to replace the current SSD disk encryption parameters to improve its performance without sacrificing the security of data encryption. This would greatly benefit users with SSDs, which are becoming increasingly popular with PC users.