Re: encrypted swap question

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DanMitton wrote, On 09/21/2008 01:18 AM:
So, is it possible to read the passphrase from a USB drive at boot time?? :-?
Thanks.


An alternative to the Red Hat way[0] is to use tuxonice[1].
"If you do not have a smartcard, you can store a keyfile on external media such as a cd-rom or usb thumb drive."[2]

Tech Note that I have not as _yet_ attempted either Chris's or Alon's method, so salt as desired. I will eventually have to use one of them.

Bias Note: for ssh-agent with DoD smart card, I have only been able to get Alon's method working, and am not happy about fedora not including it or enough documentation to get their method working.

[0] i.e., what Chris Snook was indicating. I suspect some of the pieces may already be there in fedora, but it seems at times there is a bit of friction between RH folks and anything Alon BarLev is involved with, so you will probably have to follow all the tuxonice build directions if you go that route.
[1] http://wiki.tuxonice.net/EncryptedSwapAndRoot
[2] http://wiki.tuxonice.net/EncryptedSwapAndRoot#head-4e7474b9357309c5f8be5563c0970e72f5483aed

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