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Re: [gentoo-user] Cryptfs

Neil Bothwick

2008-03-31

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On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:15:54 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote:

> > That's right, because the keys aren't in /boot ;-)
>
> But they are somewhere. He who has cracked your box can simply look into
> /etc/conf.d/dmcrypt to find out where your keyfile is stored and mount
> that fs if needed.

Not without the password. That filesystem uses a password, not a keyfile.


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Neil Bothwick

Blessed be the pessimist for he hath made backups.

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