Re: [PATCH] live-initramfs: Assign user password from boot paremeter
On Wednesday 03 June 2009, 16:19:14, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 08:53:21 +0200, Marco Amadori wrote:
> > Since what it's proposed expose the password in crypted way, it seems
> > a better approach of what we got since today.
>
> I think it's worse, because it gives a false sense of security.
I meant giving the hash and not the clear password on command line (hence on
/proc/cmdline). The hash could be md5 is not really cheap security, although
md5 got a bit deprecated.
Do you have a different or a preferred solution regarding how to enter a
password at boot time?
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