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> > IIRC, we've always been leaning towards a method that would have the |
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> > passphrase on a USB device that would obviously need to be present to |
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> > unencrypt the filesystems on the laptop. I think that it's also important to |
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> > have the good old enter-your-passphrase-at-boot decryption of one's |
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> > filesystems as an option. |
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> I agree, although I ended up doing that just because I was afraid of |
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> losing my usb drive, or it somehow becoming currupted. If it can't find |
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> the usb drive, then I have it give me a shell so I can set things up |
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> manually. |
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> For me, the ability to get at my data, given at least the |
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> presense of both the laptop and myself, was paramount. |
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I like the idea of a random key on a USB stick (or other physical token). |
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As a backup I think the key's hex digits written down and stored in a |
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secure location might be good (or a memorized passphrase, but I've never |
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been fond of memorized passphrases). Then on boot one could enter some |
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type of emergency manual key entry mode if necessary. |
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Also, my (util-linux 2.12 / Linux 2.6) cryptoswap and cryptotmp scripts |
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are now available at http://www.flyn.org/projects/cryptoswap/index.html. |
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As with my initrd, I'm just starting to get this all working so it may |
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or may not work for you. The scripts are Debian-centric at this point |
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(*gasp*, not gentoo!). The initrd stuff I sent to this list earlier is |
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not yet included. |
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Do we need someone to start tracking all of this stuff? |
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Mike |
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:wq |
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