Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:20:35 +0100 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root boot/mount Password? Message-ID: <20080730012035.66564794@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <20080727101216.GA42938@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <3267.84.18.27.248.1217152064.squirrel@mail.dsa.es> <20080727101216.GA42938@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:12:16 +0200 Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > Note that encrypting the partitions where the OS lives is not > particularly usefull; there is nothing secret there. On the contrary, > it would potentially make the encrypted partition vulnerable to a > known plaintext attack. The reason for doing it is to protect the OS from modification. For that to be effective the /boot really needs to be on removable media.
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