Roberto, Thanks for the reply!
Good points, both of them. I might (or might not) add your use case (the multiple user case) to the wiki as it sounds like a more plausible need. On Tuesday, December 22, 2020 12:34:12 PM Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 12:11:19PM -0500, [email protected] wrote: > > My point is this: I think creating and saving backup passwords is of > > minimal value. > > Maybe to you as a single user. However, I have worked in places where > resources are protected by multiple passwords. For instance there was a > "normal" password given to the admins (or users, as the case may be) and > a backup password was kept locked in a safe. The backup password could > be used if there was some sort of emergency where for some reason those > who would normally have the password were not available. (Think > disaster recovery.) > > Based on the content in the wiki it seems appropriate to inform the > reader of the presence of the ability to store multiple passwords which > can unlock an encrypted device. > > > Far more important (but not mentioned) is making and keeping backup > > copies of your encrypted data (possibly not encrypted but stored in a > > bank vault ;-), yet that is not mentioned. > > It probably is not mentioned since backups are not something which are > unique to encrypted devices. A general reminder would not be wrong or > bad, but it would seem out of place to me. I mean, we could also add > reminders to make sure the firewall is up to date, secured, and enabled > or to have SMART enabled and configured to send alerts if a HDD begins > to exhibit symptoms of a potential failure. > > Regards, > > -Roberto
