Remote full disk encryption

anonymous-coward · 08-31-2007, 09:50 PM

I've installed Debian 4.0 stable and am testing FDE. My problem is I will have to be able to enter the LUKS passphrase remotely.

I'm at loss as to how to even start configuring such a setup, especially since the boot partition would be the only thing accessible. Any ideas?

Thanks

macemoneta · 08-31-2007, 11:48 PM

You'll need a remote KVM device.

anonymous-coward · 09-01-2007, 01:18 AM

Thanks, but I don't have the money for a hardware solution at the moment.

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:...lnk&cd=1&gl=us
I was thinking something more like that. I take it I'll have to modify the default initfs to include network drivers, and sshd and then to somehow map the output of sshd to /dev/console.

How I'd actually do that is what I'm unsure of.

unSpawn · 09-01-2007, 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anonymous-coward

How I'd actually do that is what I'm unsure of.

Maybe start by looking at the initramfs-tools?