Putting the "NSA Data Overwrite Standard" Legend to Death... (fwd)

[Dave Howe]

Jim Choate wrote:
> Yes, it can mount the partition. That isn't the problem. The problem
> is that for lilo to do this it has to have access to the key in
> plaintext. That makes the entire exercise moot.
not if you have to type it every time.
if you take that as criteria, then *all* encryption is moot, as I can't
think of any you don't have to supply a key or passphrase for.

you could also have lilo look at a dongle (a usb drive, say) for its key.