From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dm-crypt + ext4 = where will the journal go?
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 22:10:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120904221025.4ea720a9@hactar.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50466853.5070704@binarywings.net>
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On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:45:07 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote:
> >> I just have to make sure to leave nothing private on root, /usr
> >> or /etc.
> >
> > Like your passwd and shadow files?
> *g*, good point. However, I'm willing to take the risk on just these
> two: passwd doesn't contain anything of considerable interest. shadow
> contains exactly two passwords, both as sha256-sums (or similar, did not
> really check). The passwords themselves are in excess of 90 bit entropy,
> depending on how you estimate it.
>
> Most of the rest which might be of interest and is usually in /etc can
> be symlinked there from a safe location in /var.
I used to do that, but as the number of sensitive directories grew -
samba, wicd, etc. - I decided it was less hassle to set up an encrypted /
and forget about it.
--
Neil Bothwick
When you go to court you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people
that were not smart enough to get out of jury duty.
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Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-03 20:20 [gentoo-user] dm-crypt + ext4 = where will the journal go? "Roland Häder"
2012-09-03 20:36 ` Aw: " "Roland Häder"
2012-09-03 20:52 ` Florian Philipp
2012-09-03 21:23 ` Aw: " "Roland Häder"
2012-09-03 22:12 ` "Roland Häder"
2012-09-04 13:48 ` "Roland Häder"
2012-09-04 14:15 ` Dale
2012-09-04 15:14 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-09-04 15:53 ` Dale
2012-09-04 16:10 ` Michael Mol
2012-09-04 20:09 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-09-04 20:51 ` Florian Philipp
2012-09-04 15:59 ` Aw: Re: " "Roland Häder"
2012-09-04 17:37 ` Aw: " Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
2012-09-04 18:18 ` Florian Philipp
2012-09-04 18:27 ` Michael Mol
2012-09-04 19:09 ` Florian Philipp
2012-09-04 20:05 ` Aw: " "Roland Häder"
2012-09-04 20:15 ` Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
2012-09-04 18:48 ` Michael Hampicke
2012-09-04 20:08 ` Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
2012-09-04 20:15 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-09-04 18:33 ` Florian Philipp
2012-09-04 19:40 ` Aw: " "Roland Häder"
2012-09-04 19:47 ` Michael Mol
2012-09-04 20:36 ` Florian Philipp
2012-09-04 18:59 ` Florian Philipp
2012-09-04 20:14 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-09-04 20:45 ` Florian Philipp
2012-09-04 21:10 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2012-09-04 22:03 ` Samurai
2012-09-05 16:04 ` Aw: " "Roland Häder"
2012-09-05 16:12 ` Michael Mol
2012-09-05 18:18 ` Aw: " "Roland Häder"
2012-09-05 22:10 ` Florian Philipp
2012-09-06 14:20 ` Aw: " "Roland Häder"
2012-09-06 15:36 ` "Roland Häder"
2012-09-03 20:40 ` Florian Philipp
2012-09-03 20:52 ` Aw: " "Roland Häder"
2012-09-03 20:51 ` Steve Buzonas
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