From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JeGhO-0007s2-3T for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:28:50 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 71954E058A; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:28:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42FC7E058A for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:28:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B602466E58 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:28:46 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.257 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.257 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.342, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id N+8zK2eVn-UR for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:28:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0203266F34 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:28:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JeGh2-0004Yf-K4 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:28:28 +0000 Received: from 84-72-81-46.dclient.hispeed.ch ([84.72.81.46]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:28:28 +0000 Received: from michael.schmarck by 84-72-81-46.dclient.hispeed.ch with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:28:28 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Michael Schmarck Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Recovering root password Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:28:22 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <49bf44f10803241330r3b447b4bkde7a062c73905b94@mail.gmail.com> <200803251728.18275.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <49bf44f10803250932q138a1627mba929844d0218689@mail.gmail.com> <200803251904.04255.uwix@iway.na> <49bf44f10803251026r2be68be2ud30a5c07dbd64c5@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 84.72.81.46 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de-DE; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080318 Iceweasel/2.0.0.12) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 7b58533b-3c73-49d0-b161-c216fb192bc8 X-Archives-Hash: 6c4d37f40047d59899ea4aae171fc247 Hi. Grant gmail.com> writes: > > > Would the type of filesystem encryption you guys are talking about > > > be unsuitable for a high-traffic server because of performance > > > considerations? > > > > Yes, and it isn't necessary. You lock your servers away so that nobody > > has physical access to them. I'd rather say: "... so that only trusted people have ...". But besides this nitpick, I agree with you. > > Sounds like co-location right? No. Sounds like "build your own data center" :) > I just have a hosted dedicated > machine. This means that you've got to trust the people hosting your environment. If you don't, then move away! You know, they could "easily" install a traffic sniffers and whatnot. > The thing that's always kept me from co-locating is hardware > failure. That would be a "my problem" in a co-located environment > rather than a "their problem" right? Depends on your contract, but generally speaking, you're right, yes. Michael -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list