From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cryptfs
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:11:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080331091129.5915c0f2@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200803310836.58101.dirk.heinrichs.ext@nsn.com>
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On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:36:52 +0100, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> > That still means your keys are readable all the time,
>
> By root only, chmod 400 is your friend.
But still readable.
>
> > whereas mine
> > disappear long before the network comes up.
>
> So what? If somebody cracks into your box and gains root access, he
> can't mount /boot and take the keys?
That's right, because the keys aren't in /boot ;-)
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Neil Bothwick
WITLAG: The delay between delivery and comprehension of a joke.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-03-31 8:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-29 17:32 [gentoo-user] Cryptfs Florian Philipp
2008-03-30 7:50 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-03-30 11:24 ` Florian Philipp
2008-03-30 11:24 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-03-30 13:06 ` Neil Bothwick
2008-03-30 16:50 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-03-30 20:13 ` Neil Bothwick
2008-03-31 6:36 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-03-31 8:11 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2008-03-31 16:15 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-03-31 22:11 ` Neil Bothwick
2008-04-01 6:04 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2008-04-01 7:49 ` Neil Bothwick
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