From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ie5pd-0001SJ-Mf for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:20:22 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l9698i34019448; Sat, 6 Oct 2007 09:08:44 GMT Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.191]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l9694NCM014542 for ; Sat, 6 Oct 2007 09:04:23 GMT Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id 19so1317826fkr for ; Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:04:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tCFZQhRrnGSs+3AAMFX68k3le5p1x1w4x5czy+hdRBU=; b=Ys5t2eGCt8RqNDbpzxIlottGt0DfOVSobJShHQ6CsSbWIeTYfKobPK+zOLGXK7lodBR7jCLK3frIM2KHrQWozUBX2AP9zuTp6i5+rwwWUXMOxuUWA1RKTwxC1J/2u22gfj7cDYx5WhCUXGFlke3guVVf/WNhdjPzZuNGoEwCHSo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=tSNn7FH/Hun+zZ89cZ70q6u9p4PnkzbFvochdTeD6D4LRXByr7DldeJqQ+rn+rrj97QF4RU8Vf2TkOR6xY82gnDSJxOCDslHow7NdJdvC/67nUtdh74+s2CXSaDTMuCi4NpSv/fzP+PS727sRoUi0jVFeAghjbm1/HR7Vs73KeU= Received: by 10.82.138.6 with SMTP id l6mr967695bud.1191661463183; Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:04:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.2? ( [88.67.41.16]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f7sm4834397nfh.2007.10.06.02.04.21 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:04:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <47074F94.2020907@googlemail.com> Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 11:04:20 +0200 From: Daniel Pielmeier User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071001) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can RAM render useless the encryption of the / and swap partitions? References: <68b1e2610710032342j1b47ff5g8f868d8fcc0179ef@mail.gmail.com> <200710041547.53084.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> <20071004163457.2bf0ad43.hilse@web.de> <200710041752.03322.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <4706A54C.90205@googlemail.com> <68b1e2610710052122s221a5495wd5a4b2ed9235af4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <68b1e2610710052122s221a5495wd5a4b2ed9235af4@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: e10ea130-e0ed-468a-acfb-e00fadf9322c X-Archives-Hash: 6701edc9ac7a0553feec722cfb8582e6 Liviu Andronic schrieb: > On 10/5/07, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: >> There is an option in baselayout's rc file to erase the swap at >> shutdown. Take a look at /etc/conf.d/rc under RC_SWAP_ERASE. > > As far as I understand, this is far from secure. You want at least > some degree of security, you need cryptography. See: > http://gentoo-wiki.com/SWAP_ERASE_on_halt . I don't use it myself, just thought it may be helpful. I have checked newer baselayout versions for this option before and i wondered why it wasn't there, so now i know the reason. Thanks! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list