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Re: GRUB & crypto? (& generally, more info on undocumented modules?)


From: Andrei Borzenkov
Subject: Re: GRUB & crypto? (& generally, more info on undocumented modules?)
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:15:32 +0300

В Thu, 18 Dec 2014 16:52:46 -0800
Jordan Uggla <address@hidden> пишет:

> 
> Grub can read files from LUKS and GELI volumes, but only FreeBSD's
> kernel currently has a protocol for passing credentials from grub to
> the kernel, so if you're using GNU/Linux and you use grub's LUKS
> support to read your kernel from your LUKS encrypted root, you will
> need to enter your password twice at boot: Once for grub, and again
> for linux.
> 

There are patches to support use of keyfile; this could improve
situation for by allowing shared keyfile between GRUB and Linux and
unattended decryption.



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