From: "Clément Lassieur" <clement@lassieur.org>
To: Benjamin Slade <beoram@gmail.com>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: LUKS-encrypted root and unencrypted /boot ?
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2018 17:48:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87va8qi14v.fsf@lassieur.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87effef8u3.fsf@jnanam.net>
Benjamin Slade <beoram@gmail.com> writes:
> Thanks, Clément.
You're welcome!
> > > > Do you use Libreboot?
> > >
> > > Yes, I'm using Libreboot. Does this make a great difference over the
> > > manufacturer firmware in this case?
>
> > It might, because the GRUB used is the one shipped with Libreboot.
> > So it has nothing to do with Guix. I think talking to the libreboot
> > people would help you more. (Disclaimer: I have the same issue, I
> > find that pressing 'c' and typing 'cryptomount ahci0,gpt3' makes the
> > process faster.)
>
> Thanks, I'll look into that. For the moment I've just switched to having
> an unencrypted root and encrypted /home partition (where the swapfile
> also lives),
> ...which seems to me better from a security standpoint (I can
> use --iter 500, sha512, &c. without an issue).
But it's easier put a malware in an unencrypted root ;)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-04 15:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-01 18:59 LUKS-encrypted root and unencrypted /boot ? Benjamin Slade
2018-08-02 6:59 ` Clément Lassieur
2018-08-03 17:05 ` Benjamin Slade
2018-08-03 18:53 ` Clément Lassieur
2018-08-04 15:30 ` Benjamin Slade
2018-08-04 15:48 ` Clément Lassieur [this message]
2018-08-04 21:14 ` Benjamin Slade
2018-08-05 5:26 ` Chris Marusich
2018-08-02 8:24 ` Chris Marusich
2018-08-03 17:07 ` Benjamin Slade
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