..on Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 07:58:20PM +0100, Jens Christian Hillerup wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Julian Oliver <jul...@julianoliver.com> > wrote: > > Consider the case one has volatile data on a remote machine that needs to be > > removed as fast and as discretely as possible. The last thing you want to be > > doing is whipping out the laptop and logging in via SSH, an SFTP browser > > etc and > > manually deleting that data. Rather, it would be more convenient to just > > hit a > > single button on your phone or click a single icon that sends a network > > packet > > to the server, triggering a script that proceeds to delete your data and/or > > back > > it up to another trusted server. > > > > I think this project is roughly what you're looking for: > > https://github.com/qnrq/panic_bcast
Very nice! I would see this as a companion project as it doesn't quite do the same thing - it's whole disk focused rather than on deletion of directories themselves (which could be followed with a reboot cycle and killing the journal on EXT3/4). It doesn't offer a one-time backup routine to another server. It also still requires requesting an http://mysite.com:8080/panic address rather than a button or swipe method on a phone with an ougoing packet on an arbitrary port: "Decentralized opsec panic button operating over UDP broadcasts and HTTP. Provides automatic ejection of encrypted drives as a safe-measure against cold-boot attacks." "To trigger the panic signal over HTTP simply request http://...:8080/panic from a machine that is running panic_bcast. Which ever will do." Nonetheless, this is going on my server! Cheers, -- Julian Oliver http://julianoliver.com http://criticalengineering.org -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
