random key encryption for SWAP?
Johann B. Gudmundsson
johannbg at hi.is
Sun Mar 23 23:35:47 UTC 2008
Anders Karlsson wrote:
> * Louis E Garcia II <louisg00 at bellsouth.net> [20080323 22:04]:
>
>> The installer does not seem to support random key encryption for SWAP.
>> Specifying a key for SWAP seems a bit much plus having to deal on every
>> boot. Would a random key be better?
>>
>
> man crypttab
>
> /Anders
>
>
Why bother :)
Maybe it's time to enlighten users..
Since this has been *known* for some time now.
Perhaps mention this in anaconda where user chooses
to encrypt his partition...
http://citp.princeton.edu/memory/faq/
We can even leave out some of the other juicy bits you can obtain at
the same time..
Just a thought tho...
Best regards
Johann B.
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