Re: FAQ about encrypting harddrive using key on USB key?
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On 12/08/07 13:18, Peter Kay wrote:
> On Dec 8, 2007 12:45 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>>> [ I want to encrypt laptop, with key on USB drive]
>>> 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.
>
> Thanks, I'll check that out.
>
>> 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.
>
> Of course, if I lose all copies of the dongle, being able to do maintenance
> isn't terribly useful... Besides, the truly paranoid understand that someone
> could slip a keylogger into /usr/bin/perl! Ideally,
If They have physical access to the machine, then They can install a
physical keylogger.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"Your mistletoe is no match for my TOW missile." Santa-bot
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