From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: Ellen Papsch <ellen.papsch@wine-logistix.de>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Unencrypted boot with encrypted root
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 11:46:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d08jbpcc.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4610a9147fa041ebb47f184a2d3f7878a8a2539c.camel@wine-logistix.de> (Ellen Papsch's message of "Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:00:04 +0200")
Hi,
Ellen Papsch <ellen.papsch@wine-logistix.de> skribis:
> Am Samstag, den 04.04.2020, 12:18 +0200 schrieb pelzflorian (Florian
> Pelz):
>> Could key files help in passing the passphrase on to the
>> Linux kernel? The Arch Wiki says this: [...]
>>
>
> The key file would be another means of decrypting the master key, if I
> understand LUKS correctly. It would be independent of the passphrase.
> (In LUKS terminology, two slots are used).
>
> It would definitely help usability not having to enter a passphrase
> twice. The GUI/TUI installer should take care generating the file and
> ensuring strict permissions, so user processes cannot read it. There is
> still some risk, because root processes could read it. If the installer
> would support an external medium for the file, that would be best
> (IMHO).
The difficulty is that any file traveling through the store is
world-readable. It’s hard to avoid.
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-07 9:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-02 8:59 Unencrypted boot with encrypted root Pierre Neidhardt
2020-04-03 15:32 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-04-03 15:44 ` Ellen Papsch
2020-04-03 16:13 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-04-03 17:16 ` Ellen Papsch
2020-04-03 19:56 ` Guillaume Le Vaillant
2020-04-04 9:02 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-05-17 15:39 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-05-20 8:49 ` Guillaume Le Vaillant
2020-05-20 9:42 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-04-03 19:44 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-04-04 8:12 ` Ellen Papsch
2020-04-04 10:18 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-04-06 12:00 ` Ellen Papsch
2020-04-07 9:46 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2020-04-07 11:34 ` Ellen Papsch
2020-04-07 20:19 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-04-08 12:37 ` Ellen Papsch
2020-04-07 15:05 ` Alex Griffin
2020-04-07 16:47 ` Vagrant Cascadian
2020-04-08 12:25 ` Ellen Papsch
2020-04-08 15:07 ` Alex Griffin
2020-04-08 16:22 ` Vagrant Cascadian
2020-04-08 7:57 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-04-08 12:19 ` Alex Griffin
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