Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars

[Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org>]

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 06:41:00PM +0530, root kea wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I am using LUKS on LVM on Debian Stretch. I have encrypted /home and
> swap partition. When initram gets loaded it asks for password to
> decrypt swap partition. That passowrd doesn't get printed to screen.
> No stars. Nothing.
> 
> But After which Kernel gets loaded (I think) and it asks password for
> /home which gets printed as stars. I'm really worried about this. Here
> is a screenshot https://imgur.com/bC4AF6H
> 
> How do I prevent those stars from getting printed on the screen?
> 

Whether stars are echoed or nothing is echoed, the passphrase remains
concealed.  What is the precise vulnerability that you are trying to
address?

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sánchez