Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars
On 2017-12-21, <tomas@tuxteam.de> <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
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> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 01:02:51PM +0000, Curt wrote:
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> [...]
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>> Now we want to change the default. Give them the moon, and they want the
>> stars, too!
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> Who is "them"? "Not us"?
>
> Perhaps you're trying to construe a conflict where, actually there
> isn't one.
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> Now if I were in charge of systemd-ask-password, I'd be willing to
> incorporate suppression of the stars as a user-configurable option,
> but I'd be firmly against changing the default.
>
> YMMV.
We are in severe agreement.
>> Also, I'm uncertain whether suppression of the asterisk-echo qualifies
>> as "security by obscurity [...]
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> I'm certain. It doesn't.
Here too.
> Cheers
> - -- t
>
>
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