On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 17:10, Mathieu BOIS wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Having to log in twice is an inconvenience; however, I've encrypted my
> > whole hard drive using a key stored in a USB flash drive. Since I have
> > to insert the USB key (ignition key, heh heh) to start the computer
> > anyway, I've configured gdm to log me in automatically. For some reason
> > this works on only one of the two servers.
>
> How did you do that ? (in details please !)
Sigh. I've already killed a weekend playing with this new toy and now
you've got me composing a HOWTO on encrypting with a USB flash drive.
I'll let you know when I've finished it.
> Besides, does someone knows how to compile the kernel to have AES-loop files ?
> For me, the compilation fails when I tick this option. Are all the necessary
> sources included in the kernel or what should I do to get them ? I remember
> I've read that normal loop files module and AES loop file modules were
> sharing the same name (loop.o), and that one had to chose between them at
> compilation. Is it true ? If I go for AES loop, does it mean that I won't be
> able to mount normal loop files ?
These are all RTFM questions. Download loop-AES
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/loop-aes/) and read the README. It
will encourage you to compile loop-AES as a module, which means you
don't need to recompile the kernel (unless you've configured your kernel
to have loopback support, in which case you must turn off
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP). For whole disk encryption like I'm doing, I
prefer to patch the kernel using the supplied kernel-2.4.21.diff file so
I don't have to worry about modules while booting.
It is true that you must choose between loop vs. loop-AES, but this
isn't a big deal because loop-AES is a superset of the loop
functionality and you'll still be able to mount normal loop files.
> PS: If you're interested in, I'm working on a web site on the TC1K (in French
> only currently) : http://boism.nerim.net/TC1000/.
> I'm missing time to make it advance quickier, and all parts are still under
> dvpt.
I've added it to http://www.handhelds.org/z/wiki/CompaqTabletLinks.
Adam
Received on Wed Aug 06 03:38:20 2003
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