Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-21 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 8:03 PM Laurence Perkins wrote: > > The TPM in most computers doesn't dump the keys if someone tries to open the > case to install hardware sniffers. > That's a good point, though if somebody with the ability to sniff the RAM or (to a lesser degree) GPU traffic is after

RE: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-21 Thread Laurence Perkins
>-Original Message- >From: Rich Freeman >Sent: Monday, March 21, 2022 1:08 PM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question. > >On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 2:30 PM Laurence Perkins wrote: >> >> Having it remain unlocked and capable

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-21 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 2:30 PM Laurence Perkins wrote: > > Having it remain unlocked and capable of rebooting unless the accelerometer > showed movement I think was an option since the TPM kept monitoring even if > the mains power was interrupted. > Yeah, there might still be ways to

RE: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-21 Thread Laurence Perkins
>-Original Message- >From: Rich Freeman >Sent: Monday, March 21, 2022 11:07 AM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question. > >On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 12:17 PM Laurence Perkins wrote: >> >> There was the ORWL project a few

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-21 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 12:17 PM Laurence Perkins wrote: > > There was the ORWL project a few years ago. Self-encrypting SSD drive with a > TPM that would unlock it only in the presence of an encrypted RFID tag plus > tapping in a code on the keypad, with all the sensitive bits wrapped in an

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -DuN @system vs. emerge -DuN @world

2022-03-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:41:14 +0100, hitachi303 wrote: > >> as far as I understand updating @system first should be safer and > >> easier to perform than updating @world directly. It was mention that > >> especially after updating the software after a somewhat long period > >> this might solve

[gentoo-user] boa server won't start

2022-03-21 Thread Michael
I've moved my local portage distfiles server to a new installation, with no changes in the configuration. I expected www-servers/boa to start, but for reasons I fail to understand it won't do so: ~ # rc-service -v boa start * Caching service dependencies ...

RE: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.

2022-03-21 Thread Laurence Perkins
>> >> >>-Original Message- >>From: Rich Freeman >>Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2022 11:03 AM >>To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >>Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question. >> >>On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 12:05 PM Daniel Frey wrote: >>> >>> They don't even need to

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -DuN @system vs. emerge -DuN @world

2022-03-21 Thread hitachi303
Am 21.03.22 um 13:34 schrieb Neil Bothwick: On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:43:30 +0100, hitachi303 wrote: as far as I understand updating @system first should be safer and easier to perform than updating @world directly. It was mention that especially after updating the software after a somewhat

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -DuN @system vs. emerge -DuN @world

2022-03-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:43:30 +0100, hitachi303 wrote: > as far as I understand updating @system first should be safer and > easier to perform than updating @world directly. It was mention that > especially after updating the software after a somewhat long period > this might solve conflicts. I

[gentoo-user] emerge -DuN @system vs. emerge -DuN @world

2022-03-21 Thread hitachi303
Hi, as far as I understand updating @system first should be safer and easier to perform than updating @world directly. It was mention that especially after updating the software after a somewhat long period this might solve conflicts. I often do experience different and wonder what the