From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tansi.org (ns.km10532-04.keymachine.de [87.118.102.195]) by mail.saout.de (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2010 15:21:35 +0100 (CET) Received: from gatewagner.dyndns.org (84-74-164-239.dclient.hispeed.ch [84.74.164.239]) by tansi.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 043B41218568 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2010 15:21:35 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 15:21:34 +0100 From: Arno Wagner Message-ID: <20101105142134.GB26876@tansi.org> References: <1288808772.11023.5.camel@acer> <20101103223431.GA20934@tansi.org> <1288848713.3936.2.camel@acer> <1288964932.31820.3.camel@etppc09.garching.physik.uni-muenchen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: <1288964932.31820.3.camel@etppc09.garching.physik.uni-muenchen.de> Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Feitian PKI donation to dm-crypt projetc List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 02:48:52PM +0100, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 06:31 +0100, Jean-Michel Pour?? - GOOZE wrote: > > I would like to encrypt a whole system using dm-crypt. The problem is > > that I have to run pcsc prior to mounting partitions. But then pcsc will > > need access to libraries, which need to be on a mounted partition. > >=20 > > Is there a way around? >=20 > Simply include all required stuff (binaries libraries, etc) in the > initramfs image. >=20 > The (actually booting) kernel and initramfs image need to be unencrypted > anyways. >=20 > E.g. Debian brings you nice tools to include something in initramfs > images + its (library)dependencies (copy_exec). An alternative would also be a static compile with the library=20 functions in the executable. That can be a bit painful to do=20 at thimes though and the executable will be pretty large. You will also need to the the static libraries for that, AFAIK. Arno --=20 Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: arno@wagner.nam= e=20 GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of=20 "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier=20