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 13:36:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 13:35:56 -0400 Received: from acmez.gatech.edu ([130.207.165.24]:3267 "EHLO acmez.gatech.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 13:35:38 -0400 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20010807133852.00a8ed90@pop.prism.gatech.edu> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 13:43:58 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: David Maynor Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >What you are saying above suspiciously sounds like: > > "I want an onion, lets leave out the layers!" > >If you really want an onion, I suspect encrypted >swap will be a useful layer to have as part of your >onion... > >Rik Not at all, I am saying if you are worried about such things, then start with projects that would not require a hardware crypto card to make i useable. I thought this was focusing on keeping laptops secure, and I don't know anybody that makes a crypto co-processor in the pcmcia variety. There are things you can do to harden the kernel against such things with out encrypting everything is site. My view on encryption is like chocolate, its good, to much will make you sick.......