awaketalks

What is encrypted in Lucid Lynx 10.04?
I’m pretty sure this question has been asked and answered, but I’ve spent an hour looking and I can’t find it.

I’ve done a fresh install of Lucid Lynx, and checked the little box at the user setup that calls for log on and decrypt home folder.

As I understand it, this will encrypt my home folder.
What I don’t know is:

What program is used to do the encryption?

How secure is it (compared to Truecrypt)?.

What is included in the encryption (swap file? additional folders I make and fill with data within my home folder? etc)

I have been using Truecrypt in the past, but I have been having problems (complete system lockup after a few minutes) moving files from a Truecrypt container on a usb drive to a Truecrypt container on the Lucid Linx computer (setup with the options I stated in my first paragraph). I figured there might be some kind of conflict between the two encryption programs. I made this deduction after encountering the same problem with Xubuntu and Ubuntu (both 10.04). It’s either that, or I’m holding my mouse wrong