Re: USB key requirement.

2011-01-16 Thread deloptes
Dan Serban wrote: > On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:46:41 -0800 (PST) > Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > >> >> >> --- On Tue, 1/11/11, Dan Serban wrote: >> >> >> > >> > I figured that after the root partition is mounted (nfs), I >> > would have >> > an init.d script that would work its magic.. if it's there

Re: USB key requirement.

2011-01-13 Thread Dan Serban
On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:46:41 -0800 (PST) Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > > > --- On Tue, 1/11/11, Dan Serban wrote: > > > > > > I figured that after the root partition is mounted (nfs), I > > would have > > an init.d script that would work its magic.. if it's there, > > allow the > > continuation o

Re: USB key requirement.

2011-01-12 Thread deloptes
Stefan Monnier wrote: > Real smartcards probably don't work the way I described, but I hope it > gives you some idea of how a smartcard can be different from a plain USB > mass storage holding a secret key. smart card is really different, but the idea is the same - implemented in the dongles, onl

Re: USB key requirement.

2011-01-12 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
--- On Tue, 1/11/11, Dan Serban wrote: > > I figured that after the root partition is mounted (nfs), I > would have > an init.d script that would work its magic.. if it's there, > allow the > continuation of the boot sequence (load gdm and other > non-essential > services).  All I would requi

Re: USB key requirement.

2011-01-11 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> The eToken is basically a smartcard that plugs into USB. > I still don't really understand the difference apart from it containing > a key that I match against. Which is in essence what I was asking to > do with a USB block device which looks much cheaper than the eToken. Typically, the differ

Re: USB key requirement.

2011-01-11 Thread Dan Serban
On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:52:06 +0100 deloptes wrote: > > > > > My case is different in the sense that I'm not decrypting my block > > volumes, just halting a boot sequence. > > > > There is something wrong with the setup of your case. > > If you are doing a diskless boot from a share ... how c

Re: USB key requirement.

2011-01-11 Thread deloptes
> > My case is different in the sense that I'm not decrypting my block > volumes, just halting a boot sequence. > There is something wrong with the setup of your case. If you are doing a diskless boot from a share ... how could you use a device (usb or something else) to authenticate before th

Re: USB key requirement.

2011-01-10 Thread Dan Serban
On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:45:29 + Darac Marjal wrote: > On Sun, Jan 09, 2011 at 09:42:03PM -0800, Dan Serban wrote: > > So, I'm currently switching my 9 workstations around the house to > > diskless boot. They mount nfs shares that reside on top of an > > encrypted raid server. This is all fin

Re: USB key requirement.

2011-01-10 Thread Dan Serban
On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:07:31 -0600 Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Dan Serban wrote: > > So, I'm currently switching my 9 workstations around the house to > > diskless boot. They mount nfs shares that reside on top of an > > encrypted raid server. This is all fine and good. > > What is a workstation

Re: USB key requirement.

2011-01-10 Thread Dan Serban
On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:46:04 +0200 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Du, 09 ian 11, 21:42:03, Dan Serban wrote: > > So, I'm currently switching my 9 workstations around the house to > > diskless boot. They mount nfs shares that reside on top of an > > encrypted raid server. This is all fine and good.

Re: USB key requirement.

2011-01-10 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Dan Serban wrote: So, I'm currently switching my 9 workstations around the house to diskless boot. They mount nfs shares that reside on top of an encrypted raid server. This is all fine and good. What is a workstation like? Hugo What I'd like to do: On a specific workstation, on boot, i

Re: USB key requirement.

2011-01-10 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Du, 09 ian 11, 21:42:03, Dan Serban wrote: > So, I'm currently switching my 9 workstations around the house to > diskless boot. They mount nfs shares that reside on top of an > encrypted raid server. This is all fine and good. > > What I'd like to do: > > On a specific workstation, on boot,

USB key requirement.

2011-01-09 Thread Dan Serban
So, I'm currently switching my 9 workstations around the house to diskless boot. They mount nfs shares that reside on top of an encrypted raid server. This is all fine and good. What I'd like to do: On a specific workstation, on boot, i'd like to require that a specific usb memory stick be inse