Richard Fish wrote:
> On 8/19/06, Stefan G. Weichinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Would you recommend to use the initramfs from the HOWTO, or might there
>> be another way of doing it, staying closer at the genkernel-way of
>> doing it?
>
> Well genkernel also allows you to specify a custom lin
On 8/19/06, Stefan G. Weichinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Would you recommend to use the initramfs from the HOWTO, or might there
be another way of doing it, staying closer at the genkernel-way of doing it?
Well genkernel also allows you to specify a custom linuxrc
(--linuxrc=). This is prob
Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> As my goal is to encrypt root and swap *and* use suspend2, I had to
> go slightly different paths than the mentioned howto says.
---
> Would you recommend to use the initramfs from the HOWTO, or might
> there be another way of doing it, staying closer at the genkern
Richard Fish wrote:
>> http://gentoo-wiki.com/SECURITY_System_Encryption_DM-Crypt_with_LUKS
>
> This guide seems reasonable. I think the current live CD includes the
> version of cryptsetup that understands LUKS though, so it shouldn't be
> necessary to download that. And I prefer to randomize
On Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 11:59:48PM -0700, Richard Fish wrote:
>
> If you want to get started on this before your new laptop arrives, I
> suggest starting with the initramfs and encrypting swap only. You
> should be able to create an initramfs that will setup the mapping and
> do the swapon before
Am Montag, 14. August 2006 08:59 schrieb ext Richard Fish:
> If you want to get started on this before your new laptop arrives, I
> suggest starting with the initramfs and encrypting swap only. You
> should be able to create an initramfs that will setup the mapping and
> do the swapon before your
On 8/13/06, John J. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ok, this looks like a setup I'd be pleased with. Right now I have
/
/boot
swap
How much of a pain will it be to implement now? Or will I be better off
waiting about 6 months till I get a laptop, and then following the guide
at
http://gentoo
On Sun, August 13, 2006 3:22 am, John J. Foster wrote:
[snip]
> So, before I get to settled on using this, a few questions.
>
> Do you encrypt your home directory?
/home and swap
> What apps and/or combination of apps do you use, and why?
cryptsetupLUKS
> Which ciphers do you prefer? Why?
AES
On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 06:32:49PM -0700, Richard Fish wrote:
> On 8/12/06, John J. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Do you encrypt your home directory?
>
> I encrypt everything except /boot.
>
> >What apps and/or combination of apps do you use, and why?
>
> dm-crypt with cryptsetup using th
On 8/13/06, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:32:49 -0700, Richard Fish wrote:
Is there any benefit in encrypting the likes of /usr and /opt? Unless you
don't want anyone to know which software you have installed :)
Not really :-P It was just easy to do since I us
On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 13:42:50 -0400, Ryan Sims wrote:
> This thread piqued my interest; I found this:
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/SECURITY_System_Encryption_DM-Crypt_with_LUKS/loopback_devices
>
> Is that how you do your home dir?
No, I use a full partition, not a loop device.
> Where do you put th
On 8/13/06, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:32:49 -0700, Richard Fish wrote:
[snip]
> > What apps and/or combination of apps do you use, and why?
>
> dm-crypt with cryptsetup using the LUKS format.
Same here, but only for /home and my backup directory. I reall
On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:32:49 -0700, Richard Fish wrote:
> > Do you encrypt your home directory?
>
> I encrypt everything except /boot.
Is there any benefit in encrypting the likes of /usr and /opt? Unless you
don't want anyone to know which software you have installed :)
> > What apps and/or co
On 8/12/06, John J. Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Do you encrypt your home directory?
I encrypt everything except /boot.
What apps and/or combination of apps do you use, and why?
dm-crypt with cryptsetup using the LUKS format.
Which ciphers do you prefer? Why?
aes-cbc-essiv:sha256,
On Saturday 12 August 2006 20:22, John J. Foster wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been playing with encrypting my home directory using cfs and
> following the instructions at
>
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Encrypt_Your_Home_Directory_Using_CFS
>
> I guess it mostly works, although I've had cfsd die randomly
John J. Foster wrote:
Do you encrypt your home directory?
Not on my desktop. On my laptop, however, everything except /boot is
encrypted (/, /home, swap).
What apps and/or combination of apps do you use, and why?
sys-apps/util-linux with USE=crypt, and app-crypt/loop-aes.
Which ciphers
Hi,
I've been playing with encrypting my home directory using cfs and
following the instructions at
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Encrypt_Your_Home_Directory_Using_CFS
I guess it mostly works, although I've had cfsd die randomly a few
times in a couple days. It sorta bothers me that app-crypt/cfs
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