Author: robert
Date: 2008-10-26 02:27:12 -0600 (Sun, 26 Oct 2008)
New Revision: 1475

Modified:
   branches/Onward/temporary_system/util-linux-ng.txt
Log:
Added notes about loop-aes swap keys.

Modified: branches/Onward/temporary_system/util-linux-ng.txt
===================================================================
--- branches/Onward/temporary_system/util-linux-ng.txt  2008-10-26 07:35:21 UTC 
(rev 1474)
+++ branches/Onward/temporary_system/util-linux-ng.txt  2008-10-26 08:27:12 UTC 
(rev 1475)
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 
 bzcat ../util-linux-ng-2.14.1-20081015.diff.bz2 | patch -p1 &&
 
+# Loop-AES uses /dev/urandom to create the key for random key swap partitions.
+# Generally this is ideal, however swap is activated at a predictable time and
+# the kernel entropy may also be predictable when swap is activated. It is
+# best to activate swap after /dev/urandom has been seeded, during boot, but
+# this needs modification of the LFS boot scripts.
+
 mkdir -v obj/ &&
 cd obj/ &&
 

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