Wallet encryption "only" protects against spending?

[Stephen Gornick]

Is there a way to specify different directories for the wallet.dat and the block chain database, so you could store the wallet.dat on a truecrypt volume and the block chain unencrypted?

That had been proposed, but has not been implemented.

You can create a symlink to the wallet.dat on the truecrypt volume though.

[bitvientiane]

I recommend truecrypt..

[Kazimir]

I would use the default Linux encryption program; not Trucrypt.

Why?

Note that TrueCrypt volumes can be easily backed up: simply copy or upload the container file. This is safe (even on non-secure remote storage) because a TrueCrypt container is already secure by nature.

[capsqrl]

I would use the default Linux encryption program; not Trucrypt.

Why?

Because Truecrypt doesn't come with Linux and has to be installed separately, using its own installation method separate from the distribution's packaging system. It's quite a hassle for just encrypting one file, when there are more standardized solutions bundled with the distribution, ready to use.