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    SubjectRe: Userland encrypted filesystem that root cannot access.
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    "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@meteng.on.ca> said:
    > On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Horst von Brand wrote:

    [...]

    > >A determined root will be able to snoop on your password and stash the
    > >contents of your encrypted media away for leisurly study. Not easy to do,
    > >but not terribly hard either.

    > Thanks, I'm aware of that, however that would be acceptable.
    > The particular case I'm thinking about, root is for all intents
    > and purposes a bucket of chicken. ;o) Certainly not capable of
    > hacking anything... A *TRUE* secure solution would be nice, but
    > a "stop luser root" solution would be fine...

    Then you need a "stop luser root from talking to 3vi7 h@x0r" (sp? ;)
    too... it is just _too_ easy to troyan the program you use to enter the
    key, and just copy your encrypted data for later reading. Or read your
    keyboard for that matter.
    --
    Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl
    Casilla 9G, Viña del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616


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