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Re: USB key requirement.



On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:07:31 -0600
Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:

> Dan Serban wrote:
> > So, I'm currently switching my 9 workstations around the house to
> > diskless boot.  They mount nfs shares that reside on top of an
> > encrypted raid server.  This is all fine and good.
> 
> What is a workstation like?
> 
> Hugo
> 

I hope I understood your question.

The workstations are diskless, ie. no data on them whatsoever, so they
boot via PXE and mount their root partitions on an internal server with
encrypted volumes (which use the usb key method to startup).

> 
> > 
> > What I'd like to do:
> > 
> > On a specific workstation, on boot, i'd like to require that a
> > specific usb memory stick be inserted in the system.  ie. one that
> > contains a key which will allow the boot process to continue.
> > 
> > Can this be done?  If so, what should I use to make it less than
> > easy to decipher?
> > 
> > Maybe a GPG encoded text file that matches against a plain text one?
> > (that's insecure)...
> > 
> > I don't know.  Do any of you have any suggestions?
> > 
> > 
> 
> 


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