But is anyone aware of an actual tool or plug-in to achieve encryption that related to say CPU serial number, and uses it to automatically decrypt ?
On Jan 21, 2008 9:45 AM, Zavodsky, Daniel (GE Money) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You do not need the CPU, just its serial number (or the MAC address of > the network card) - and you can easily write that on a piece of paper and > put it in a secure location - or store this information in your office on an > encrypted disk. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Ahmed Kamal > *Sent:* Saturday, January 19, 2008 2:06 PM > *To:* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list > *Subject:* Re: [rhelv5-list] Protect my stolen disk > > hmm, yep this could be a problem, if the CPU got burnt for example! > > On Jan 19, 2008 2:26 PM, John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > Ahmed Kamal wrote: > > > Seems like I could use dm-crypt to do full disk encryption, with some > > > hardware parameter (MAC, CPU s/n ... ) as the decryption key. That > > would > > > prevent someone from mounting the disk, or even dd'ing it to a > > different > > > machine. That's about exactly what I need. > > > Not sure if dm-crypt supports getting decryption keys from hardware > > params > > > though ... > > > > > > > Be sure you can read the disk should you need. > > -- > > > > Cheers > > John > > > > -- spambait > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Advice > > http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html<http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html> > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > > > > You cannot reply off-list:-) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rhelv5-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > >
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