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Re: [rhelv5-list] Protect my stolen disk

John Summerfield

2008-01-19

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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.
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Cheers
John

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