On November 3, 2015, Jeff Jibson wrote:
> Funtoo's site also had some decent instructions: Okay, who or what is Funtoo (some port of Gentoo?) and where are the instructions? For some reason your message ends at that line. I will look at some of the other links, though. Thanks for the pointers. Oh, by the way. Did you mean "systemrescue" cd? I've never heard of systemreacued? Frankly I've not heard of either really, but systemrescue cd at least makes sense to me. :) --- Dan On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Jeff Jibson <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd use the systemreacuecd (gentoo based) instead of the minimal CD. The > only change you'll need to do is use the following for untaring the stage3: > > tar --numeric-owner xvjpf stage3* > > Here are a bunch of useful links for installing Gentoo and Encryption: > > http://www.sysresccd.org/Download > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Installation_alternatives#Installation_from_non-Gentoo_LiveCDs > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:Main_Page > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Sakaki's_EFI_Install_Guide/Using_Your_New_Gentoo_System > (systemd) > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Sakaki's_EFI_Install_Guide/Using_Your_New_Gentoo_System_under_OpenRC > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/DM-Crypt_LUKS > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Dm-crypt/en > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Full_Encrypted_Btrfs/Native_System_Root_Guide > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/SSD > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ZFS > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ZFS/Features > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ZFSOnLinux_Development_Guide > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Partition > > Funtoo's site also had some decent instructions: > > > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 1:30 AM, Dan Egli <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On October 31, 2015, Brandon Gillespie wrote: > > > > > If you install linux and encrypt the hard drive, it uses luks. > > > > > > > > That's interesting. Of course, that's usually done via the installer > engine > > I'm sure. How would that work with Gentoo where YOU are the install > engine? > > I don't recall seeing any kind of encryption or dm-setup or anything on > the > > Gentoo minimal CD (which is used for installs frequently). Of course that > > was nearly ten years ago that I took a good look so things may have > changed > > since then. > > > > > > > > > luks is specific to Linux, where trucrypt is not. > > > > > > > > True, trucrypt is meant to be run on a variety of operating systems. > Still, > > I know the code for Trucrypt has been vetted by professional > cryptographers > > and found to be free of any security holes that would allow anyone > > unauthorized access to your files. I imagine luks is the same, and I'm > not > > trying to demean it. Merely stating that just because trucrypt isn't > > designed specifically for linux, doesn't make it bad. I'll just have to > > take a closer at luks and dm-setup. Thanks for the tips there. > > > > > > --- Dan > > > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 1:51 AM, Brandon Gillespie < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > crypttab appears to use dm-setup and the various luks internals. Google > > > luks for more info. Personally I'd expect it to equal or be better > than > > > trucrypt; it uses conventional code and is built-into the kernel (and > has > > > been for some time). I use luks to store all my sensitive files, > using a > > > loopback device and a local file (rather than a block device). I > haven't > > > tested the performance of it, however, for a DBMS or other system. > > > > > > If you install linux and encrypt the hard drive, it uses luks. > > > > > > luks is specific to Linux, where truecrypt is not. > > > > > > *Brandon Gillespie* > > > SaaS Operations Director, Kuali > > > [email protected] > > > 801.682.3444 > > > > > > > > > On 10/30/15 3:59 AM, Dan Egli wrote: > > > > > >> While reading about systemd, I saw notice that it has an option to > read > > >> information about encrypted devices from /etc/crypttab. That's a new > one > > >> on > > >> me. I've not heard of that file before. What programs/services use > > >> crypttab, and where could I find more information about them? How do > > they > > >> compare in security strength to something like trucrypt? Is there a > way > > to > > >> auto-mount a partition that way, since I don't see any way to > > auto-mount a > > >> partition encrypted via trucrypt (yes, I know of keyfiles vs. > passwords, > > >> but from what I can tell you still need to manually run trucrypt to > > mount > > >> the encrypted container/device. You just don't need to specify a > > password > > >> to do so)? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Any information is appreciated! > > >> --- Dan > > >> > > >> /* > > >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > >> Don't fear the penguin. > > >> */ > > >> > > > > > > > > > /* > > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > > Don't fear the penguin. > > > */ > > > > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
