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From:	Daniel Pielmeier <daniel.pielmeier@××××××××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Can RAM render useless the encryption of the / and swap partitions?
Date:	Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:20:22
Message-Id:	`47074F94.2020907@googlemail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Can RAM render useless the encryption of the / and swap partitions? by Liviu Andronic

1	Liviu Andronic schrieb:
2	> On 10/5/07, Daniel Pielmeier <daniel.pielmeier@××××××××××.com> wrote:
3	>> There is an option in baselayout's rc file to erase the swap at
4	>> shutdown. Take a look at /etc/conf.d/rc under RC_SWAP_ERASE.
5	>
6	> As far as I understand, this is far from secure. You want at least
7	> some degree of security, you need cryptography. See:
8	> http://gentoo-wiki.com/SWAP_ERASE_on_halt .
9
10	I don't use it myself, just thought it may be helpful.
11
12	I have checked newer baselayout versions for this option before and i
13	wondered why it wasn't there, so now i know the reason. Thanks!
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