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From: Andreas Steinmetz <ast@domdv.de>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: rjw@sisk.pl, pavel@ucw.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH encrypted swsusp 1/3] core functionality
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:59:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <425D17B0.8070109@domdv.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1DLgWi-0003Ag-00@gondolin.me.apana.org.au>

Herbert Xu wrote:
> What's wrong with using swap over dmcrypt + initramfs? People have
> already used that to do encrypted swsusp.

Nothing. The problem is the fact that after resume there is then
unencrypted(*) data on disk that should never have been there, e.g.
dm-crypt keys, ssh keys, ...
This may lead to nasty surprises that can occur after weeks or months.

(*) unencrypted from the point of view of the running system.
-- 
Andreas Steinmetz                       SPAMmers use robotrap@domdv.de

  reply	other threads:[~2005-04-13 13:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-04-10 23:19 [PATCH encrypted swsusp 1/3] core functionality Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-11 10:25 ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-11 10:36   ` folkert
2005-04-11 11:01     ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-11 11:38       ` folkert
2005-04-11 16:28       ` Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-11 16:36         ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-11 13:08     ` Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-11 11:08 ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-11 13:11   ` Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-11 16:11   ` Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-11 20:57     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2005-04-11 21:08       ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-11 21:35         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2005-04-12 10:07           ` Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-12 10:52       ` Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-12 13:17       ` Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-13 11:59         ` Herbert Xu
2005-04-13 12:59           ` Andreas Steinmetz [this message]
2005-04-13 21:27             ` Herbert Xu
2005-04-13 22:29               ` Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-13 23:10                 ` Herbert Xu
2005-04-13 23:24                   ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-13 23:39                     ` Herbert Xu
2005-04-13 23:46                       ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-14  0:35                         ` Matt Mackall
2005-04-14  6:51                           ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-14  8:08                             ` Herbert Xu
2005-04-14  9:04                               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2005-04-14 17:11                                 ` Matt Mackall
2005-04-14 19:27                                   ` Stefan Seyfried
2005-04-14 19:53                                     ` Matt Mackall
2005-04-14 20:18                                       ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-14 22:27                                         ` Matt Mackall
2005-04-14 22:11                                       ` Andy Isaacson
2005-04-14 22:48                                         ` Matt Mackall
2005-04-15  9:44                                           ` Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-15  9:44                                       ` Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-15 17:00                                         ` Matt Mackall
2005-04-14 20:13                                   ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-14  9:05                               ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-15  9:44                             ` Andreas Steinmetz
2005-04-15  9:47                               ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-14  1:13                       ` Bernd Eckenfels
2005-04-14  8:27                         ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-14  8:31                       ` encrypted swap (was Re: [PATCH encrypted swsusp 1/3] core functionality) Andy Isaacson
2005-04-14  8:38                         ` Herbert Xu
2005-04-14  8:49                           ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-04-14  1:11                   ` [PATCH encrypted swsusp 1/3] core functionality Bernd Eckenfels
2005-04-13 13:22         ` Pavel Machek
2005-04-13 14:45           ` Andreas Steinmetz

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