Re: FAQ about encrypting harddrive using key on USB key?
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On 12/08/07 01:30, Peter Kay wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm trying to become a new debian user, and am still kinda fuzzy on
> where the best place to go for FAQs and help are, so bear with me...
>
> I'm trying to set up my laptop with debian on an encrypted / partition
> (and I'll have encrypted swap, too). I would like the encryption key
> to be stored on an encrypted USB drive that can boot enough of the
> system to run debian. So I want to need 2 things to boot: the USB
> stick (which will be bootable and take control from the OS) and a
> passphrase to unencrypt the USB drive.
>
> I had found a FAQ on how to do this a long time ago, but my desktop
> died, so I lost the link. Searching recently, I found what seemed to be
> an appropriate link to it (using google) on http://debianhelp.org/, but that
> website seemed to be down, so I'm not sure where to go.
>
> In the meantime, of course, the cat ate my power cable (again), so my
> laptop is currently DOA and I lost my 1st attempt to post this, but once
> I get a replacement adapter, I'd like to get debian up and running!
>
> Does anyone know of a mirror to debianhelp.org, or what happened to it?
>
> Is there a different FAQ I should be using?
>
> Thanks all, and I hope to soon join you in debian-land.
http://luks.endorphin.org/
Install cryptsetup and read /usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/CryptoRoot.HowTo.
Slightly OT, but do you *really* need /boot, /usr, /bin, etc, to be
encrypted?
ISTM that only /home, /tmp & swap files/partitions (and /var?) need
be partitioned. That way, you could still boot the machine and do
maintenance if you misplaced your dongle.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"Your mistletoe is no match for my TOW missile." Santa-bot
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