[ltp] Hard disk password & linux

David A. Desrosiers linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 14 May 2005 13:01:37 -0400 (EDT)


> There are, however, kinds of "passwords" which don't work with every 
> OS on earth: If you install some kind of cryptographic security 
> measures to encrypt partitions or the whole disk, it may or may not 
> be supported under Linux depending on the product you install.

	Don't forget to wipe/encrypt swap at each shutdown also, 
otherwise your efforts to encrypt the "data" partitions will be 
irrelevant. Run strings(1) on your swap partition some day to see 
exactly what I mean. 



David A. Desrosiers
desrod@gnu-designs.com
http://gnu-designs.com