Re: Zero filling my HDD before installation
First, my apologies to everyone I CC'ed accidently. I thought when I
replied, it was replying to the post not to each email. I'm not used
to replying to things in this manner, I usually only communicate with
people one on one unless on a forum site.
Ha- Thanks for the advice, I'll look into that option too.
Heq- Maybe it's rookie of me, but I wasn't aware of that limitation of
malware, great info. I try to operate on the condition that anything I
don't specifically try to prevent could happen, regardless of if I
think it is or will be possible. Maybe it's paranoia, or OCD. Or both
haha. I was aware of the difference between passphrase and password,
apologies if I made it seem like I didn't. I tend to use whatever
words come to mind sometimes and hope the context is enough to make it
understandable, if I made a mistake it isn't the first time : )
Mic- Thanks for the reading material, and warning about the code of
conduct. I'm usually wary of such things, but as I said, I wasn't
aware of what I was doing until after I had been told so, and thought
I fixed it the first time and apparently not so. Totally my fault and
an oversight.
On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Michael Luecke
<michael-t0gi6s@mluecke.eu> wrote:
> On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Ralph Sanchez <rwsanchez3@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I can't find a reply to list, I tried reply all, does that work?
>
> It seems so, make sure you're replying to the list's address (here:
> "debian-user@lists.debian.org"). It's usually not neccessary to reply
> to all [1]. In this lists code of conduct [2] there's the rule, that
> one should not send a CC to the original poster unless he requested
> it.
>
>> I currently use PGP for disk encryption, I haven't delved much into
>> learning about LUKS, etc but I will now. I also don't use passphrases,
>> I use a minisd card so keylogging software can't catch me entering my
>> phrase. Thanks for all the advice, I'm pretty sure I know what
>> direction I'm heading at this point, and I'll continue researching
>> these other encryption methods.
>
> You could use a usb drive or a SD card with a keyfile on it with
> dm-crypt/LUKS. Maybe you want to read [3] which is a quiet good howto
> for dm-crypt.
>
> Michael
>
> [1] http://david.woodhou.se/reply-to-list.html
> [2] https://www.debian.org/MailingLists/index.en.html#codeofconduct
> [3] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dm-crypt
>
> On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Ralph Sanchez <rwsanchez3@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I can't find a reply to list, I tried reply all, does that work? I
>> currently use PGP for disk encryption, I haven't delved much into
>> learning about LUKS, etc but I will now. I also don't use passphrases,
>> I use a minisd card so keylogging software can't catch me entering my
>> phrase. Thanks for all the advice, I'm pretty sure I know what
>> direction I'm heading at this point, and I'll continue researching
>> these other encryption methods.
>>
>> On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 1:16 PM, heqamilus@runbox.com
>> <heqamilus@runbox.com> wrote:
>>> Ralph, Again, use the button reply to list.
>>>
>>> Disk encryption don't use gpg. You just have to remember a pass pharase
>>> that you use for unlock your hard disk.
>>>
>>> Installer will overwrite all your disk, but if you want you can skip
>>> this step by pressing "cancel" button
>>>
>>>
>>> please learn what gpg is and what is luks and use the reply to list button.
>>>
>>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/disk_encryption
>>>
>>
>
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