Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Mar 2004 22:29:46 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: -nice tree [was Re: [Swsusp-devel] Re: swsusp problems [was Re: Your opinion on the merge?]] |
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Hi!
On So 27-03-04 03:37:48, Luke-Jr wrote: > On Saturday 27 March 2004 02:08 am, Nigel Cunningham wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 10:22, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > You are right, that would be ugly. How is encryption supposed to work, > > > kernel asks you to type in a key? > > > > I haven't thought about the specifics there. Perhaps the plugin prompts > > for one, or perhaps it takes a lilo parameter? > The only purpose I can think of for encryption would be so someone can't grab > the HD and boot it on another PC or read the image directly. > Unless I'm missing something, that would imply that the key would need to be > generated from a hardware profile (only creatable by root) somehow to > restrict its readability to that one system.
Hmm, I do not see how hardware hash helps. When I can steal your hdd, there's good chance I can steal whole machine, too. Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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