"secure" file flag?

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Mon Nov 24 01:48:19 PST 2003


In message <20031124091621.GB1168 at StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org>, Stefan =?iso-8859-1
?Q?E=DFer?= writes:

>Yes, probably. But encryption is only as good as key
>management and secure storage (and deletion) of keys. 
>How do you implement unattended reboot, if you consider
>unauthorized (physical) access to your system as one 
>of the attack scenarios to protect against ?
>(Not meaning, that secure erase would really solve
>that problem ...)

See my paper for a suggestion about using weak-link/strong-link
methods for that.

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