On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 02:41:24PM +0200, Moon Jones wrote: > A portable distribution on an encrypted stick.
I know of two distributions that do this.. one is TAILS and the one I prefer is liberte linux.. and the guy who does it is even on this list. > But is it feasable to have a two device solution? Media1 has the > /boot but Media2 has the strong key. Media1 boots, prompts, than > mounts Media2, takes the key, unmounts Media2 prompting and goes > ahead with the boot without touching the other drives. You boot from the stick, then mount the encrypted harddrive with your pass phrase. The laptop as such is thus no longer a source of danger without the stick. Best of all, if you unplug the stick the system wipes its memory and shuts down. Both systems work this way. -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
