Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261875AbUC0VaE (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Mar 2004 16:30:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261880AbUC0VaE (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Mar 2004 16:30:04 -0500 Received: from gprs214-250.eurotel.cz ([160.218.214.250]:25984 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261875AbUC0V37 (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Mar 2004 16:29:59 -0500 Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 22:29:46 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Luke-Jr Cc: swsusp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, ncunningham@users.sourceforge.net, Michael Frank , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: -nice tree [was Re: [Swsusp-devel] Re: swsusp problems [was Re: Your opinion on the merge?]] Message-ID: <20040327212946.GB295@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20040323233228.GK364@elf.ucw.cz> <20040326222234.GE9491@elf.ucw.cz> <1080353285.9264.3.camel@calvin.wpcb.org.au> <200403270337.48704.luke-jr@artcena.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200403270337.48704.luke-jr@artcena.com> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1223 Lines: 27 Hi! On So 27-03-04 03:37:48, Luke-Jr wrote: > On Saturday 27 March 2004 02:08 am, Nigel Cunningham wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 10:22, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > You are right, that would be ugly. How is encryption supposed to work, > > > kernel asks you to type in a key? > > > > I haven't thought about the specifics there. Perhaps the plugin prompts > > for one, or perhaps it takes a lilo parameter? > The only purpose I can think of for encryption would be so someone can't grab > the HD and boot it on another PC or read the image directly. > Unless I'm missing something, that would imply that the key would need to be > generated from a hardware profile (only creatable by root) somehow to > restrict its readability to that one system. Hmm, I do not see how hardware hash helps. When I can steal your hdd, there's good chance I can steal whole machine, too. Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/