From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:27:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:26:55 -0400 Received: from bender.toppoint.de ([195.244.243.2]:37256 "EHLO mail.toppoint.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 18:26:40 -0400 >Received: (from netzwurm@localhost) by gandalf.discordia (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-21) id XAA30332 for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 23:40:39 +0200 Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 23:40:39 +0200 From: David Spreen To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: encrypted swap Message-ID: <20010807234039.C30244@foobar.toppoint.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 10:23:15PM +0300, Dan Podeanu wrote: > There, you have the swap encrypted, up and running. Of course, if you need > more fancy encryption than the default, XOR or DES, get the crypto patch. > You only need to have a script that does the stuff, that runs when the > system boots, without shutdown scripts (in case of power/battery failure Okay, even if I get the password from /dev/urandom this sounds like a solution for people who don't use much swapspace. Because I have to recreate the swapfs everytime I am booting. so long... David -- __ _ | David "netzwurm" Spreen Kiel, Germany / _|___ ___| |__ __ _ _ _ | http://www.netzwurm.cc/ david@spreen.de | _/ _ \/ _ \ '_ \/ _` | '_|| gnupg key (on keyservers): C8B6823A |_| \___/\___/_.__/\__,_|_| | CellPhone: +49 173 3874061