Re: encrpyt harddrive without passphrase/userinput

2006-02-27 Thread gustaf
Mario Ohnewald wrote: Hi Horst On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 22:23 +0100, Horst Pflugstaedt wrote: On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 10:11:44PM +0100, Mario Ohnewald wrote: Hello security list! I would like to secure the harddrive/partitions of linux box. The whole setup must fulfill the

Re: encrpyt harddrive without passphrase/userinput

2006-02-27 Thread Jan Luehr
Hello, Am Sonntag, 26. Februar 2006 23:26 schrieb Mario Ohnewald: On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 14:13 -0800, Stephan Wehner wrote: Who is going to be booting this machine?? It´s a server. It is supposed to be online all the time. Once turned on it will run till someone reboots its remotely or due

Re: encrpyt harddrive without passphrase/userinput

2006-02-27 Thread Daniel Sterling
Jan Luehr wrote: topology before granting access to your secure server. (If you're server is stolen and connected to the internet, you probably hop across different routers to get there) - however, this requires some effort monitoring your ISPs routes. Checking the ip/net that the request

Re: encrpyt harddrive without passphrase/userinput

2006-02-27 Thread Florian Weimer
* Horst Pflugstaedt: On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 11:17:56PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: * Horst Pflugstaedt: I just ask myself why you bother encrypting a filesystem that will be accessible to anyone having access to the machine since it boots without password? You can return hard disks

Re: encrpyt harddrive without passphrase/userinput

2006-02-26 Thread Horst Pflugstaedt
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 10:11:44PM +0100, Mario Ohnewald wrote: Hello security list! I would like to secure the harddrive/partitions of linux box. The whole setup must fulfill the following requirements: a) it must be able to boot (remotely) without userinput/passphrase b) the

Re: encrpyt harddrive without passphrase/userinput

2006-02-26 Thread Jan Luehr
Hello, Am Sonntag, 26. Februar 2006 22:11 schrieb Mario Ohnewald: Hello security list! I would like to secure the harddrive/partitions of linux box. The whole setup must fulfill the following requirements: a) it must be able to boot (remotely) without userinput/passphrase b) the

Re: encrpyt harddrive without passphrase/userinput

2006-02-26 Thread Mario Ohnewald
Hi Horst On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 22:23 +0100, Horst Pflugstaedt wrote: On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 10:11:44PM +0100, Mario Ohnewald wrote: Hello security list! I would like to secure the harddrive/partitions of linux box. The whole setup must fulfill the following requirements: a) it

Re: encrpyt harddrive without passphrase/userinput

2006-02-26 Thread Florian Weimer
* Mario Ohnewald: The whole setup must fulfill the following requirements: a) it must be able to boot (remotely) without userinput/passphrase b) the importtant partitions such as /etc, /var, /usr and /home must be encrypted/protected. Put the key on an USB stick, and load it from an initial

Re: encrpyt harddrive without passphrase/userinput

2006-02-26 Thread Florian Weimer
* Horst Pflugstaedt: I just ask myself why you bother encrypting a filesystem that will be accessible to anyone having access to the machine since it boots without password? You can return hard disks to the vendor for warranty claims even if they still contain sensitive data. -- To

Re: encrpyt harddrive without passphrase/userinput

2006-02-26 Thread Mario Ohnewald
On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 14:13 -0800, Stephan Wehner wrote: Who is going to be booting this machine?? It´s a server. It is supposed to be online all the time. Once turned on it will run till someone reboots its remotely or due to power failure or something alike. The whole scenario can be pictured

Re: encrpyt harddrive without passphrase/userinput

2006-02-26 Thread Lothar Ketterer
Hi Mario, On Sun, 26 Feb 2006, Mario Ohnewald wrote: a) it must be able to boot (remotely) without userinput/passphrase b) the importtant partitions such as /etc, /var, /usr and /home must be encrypted/protected. I think the problem will be that you cannot put /etc outside of the root

Re: encrpyt harddrive without passphrase/userinput

2006-02-26 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
Horst Pflugstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a) it must be able to boot (remotely) without userinput/passphrase You can use nfs-root or initramdisk from a trusted machine. b) the importtant partitions such as /etc, /var, /usr and /home must be encrypted/protected. I just ask myself why you

Re: encrpyt harddrive without passphrase/userinput

2006-02-26 Thread Horst Pflugstaedt
On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 11:17:56PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: * Horst Pflugstaedt: I just ask myself why you bother encrypting a filesystem that will be accessible to anyone having access to the machine since it boots without password? You can return hard disks to the vendor for

Re: encrpyt harddrive without passphrase/userinput

2006-02-26 Thread Andreas Nanko, Continum
Hello, I think this should be possible over a special rebuild of initrd image, which runs before root partition is mounted. But i don't think you'll find a real secure way to get the secret over the net. Regards, Andreas Lothar Ketterer schrieb: Hi Mario, On Sun, 26 Feb 2006, Mario