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Full disk encryption options
From: aragonx () dcsnow com
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 16:11:28 -0500 (EST)
Hello all, I have seen this topic on the list before I think but I want to go over it again if you don't mind. I have two volumes of business data that is sensitive. I have a Fedora 9 Linux server that these disks are in. I would like to have these disks encrypted. This is the easy part. Now for the hard part. I would like to have the volumes mounted automatically at boot. So the security issue comes here. I would like to make it so that if the server is not shut down properly (normal init 0) then on the next boot it requires a pass phrase plus a pass key to access these volumes. So the stored pass phrase can not be access able under any circumstances if the system is not shut down normally. Somehow I think I would also need to disable the power button on the machine to prevent someone from starting a shutdown without the root password. Any ideas on this topic? Thank you in advance. --- Will Y. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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- Full disk encryption options aragonx (Jan 12)
- Re: Full disk encryption options Robin Wood (Jan 12)
- Re: Full disk encryption options aragonx (Jan 12)
- Re: Full disk encryption options Robin Wood (Jan 13)
- Re: Full disk encryption options infolookup (Jan 13)
- Re: Full disk encryption options Alex Craven (Jan 13)
- Re: Full disk encryption options aragonx (Jan 13)
- Re: Full disk encryption options Rob Thompson (Jan 14)
- Re: Full disk encryption options yann . cloatre (Jan 19)
- Re: Full disk encryption options aragonx (Jan 12)
- Re: Full disk encryption options Robin Wood (Jan 12)
- Re: Full disk encryption options Lukasz Szmit (Jan 13)