begin quoting Todd Walton as of Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 07:02:51AM -0500: > On 9/14/06, Wade Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> begin quoting Todd Walton as of Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 09:31:20PM -0500: [snip] > >> > Not if you have a dm-crypt encrypted root filesystem. > >> > >Does anyone really do that? What would be the point?? I'm referring > >to encrypting the root fs; I know that people wipe and reinstall. > >;) > > > >I can't think of any significant benefit. > > So somebody can't just boot a livecd and access your filesystem! > That's good enough reason for me. I, personally, am willing to endure > the drawbacks in the name of research. Someday there won't be > drawbacks.
There will always be drawbacks. There's always a tradeoff. Someday, the benefits will dominate. But there still will be drawbacks. -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
