From: Pavel Machek <pavel-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu-+kynuGyeZW3HOG6cAo2yLw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "John J. Lee" <jjl-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
Robert Stark <rstark-viLzafFedAGELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org>,
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Sean Neakums <sneakums-iTLVOByc1N8@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: Re: ACPI + loop(AES) + swsusp
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 13:56:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011102135618.C35@toy.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3D612050.F980C545-+kynuGyeZW3HOG6cAo2yLw@public.gmane.org>; from jari.ruusu-+kynuGyeZW3HOG6cAo2yLw@public.gmane.org on Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 07:44:00PM +0300
Hi!
> > Given your point about security, wouldn't it be nice if there were yet
> > another flag to indicate that encrypted partitions should just be
> > turned off on suspend?
> >
> > This is more useful than it sounds -- not all partitions are mounted all
> > the time. It might actually be convenient if you don't want to
> > accidentally leave a partition accessible when you walk away from a
> > machine and forget to losetup -d, or whatever.
>
> Like Sean Neakums pointed out in earlier post to linux-crypto list, just
> forcing unmount or losetup -d is not really an option. Maybe just checking
> for encrypted loops in userspace _before_ starting suspend is a better
> solution. Something like this:
Agreed. Decision if keys should go to disk is user decision (btw they *do*
go to disk if BIOS is used to suspend-to-disk; some notebooks do s-t-d
automagially on battery fail), so it has to be userspace.
Pavel
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-02 13:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-05 8:26 ACPI + loop(AES) + swsusp Robert Stark
2002-08-05 16:08 ` Jari Ruusu
[not found] ` <3D4EA2EE.C5252944-+kynuGyeZW3HOG6cAo2yLw@public.gmane.org>
2002-08-18 13:58 ` John J. Lee
2002-08-19 16:44 ` Jari Ruusu
[not found] ` <3D612050.F980C545-+kynuGyeZW3HOG6cAo2yLw@public.gmane.org>
2001-11-02 13:56 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
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