Re: tmps and swap

From	"Stachu 'Dozzie' K." <dozzie@go.eat.some.screws.spammer.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.security
Subject	Re: tmps and swap
Date	2012-02-08 09:18 +0000
Organization	solani.org
Message-ID	<slrnjj4fe6.j5o.dozzie@jarowit.net> (permalink)
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On 2012-02-07, Günther Schwarz <strap@gmx.de> wrote:
> Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>
>> Günther Schwarz <strap@gmx.de> writes:
>>> Any hints on how to prevent a tmpfs file system to be written to the
>>> swap partition? Other than omitting a swap partition completely, of
>>> course. I do not want some files to end up on the hard disk.
>> 
>> Encrypted swap, with a throwaway key generated on boot?
>
> Do you have a link on a howto for that? I need unassisted boot up, so 
> typing a password at boot time is not an option.

http://www.google.com/search?q=encrypted+swap+linux+howto

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Secunia non olet.
Stanislaw Klekot

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tmps and swap Günther Schwarz <strap@gmx.de> - 2012-02-07 20:50 +0000
  Re: tmps and swap Lew Pitcher <lpitcher@teksavvy.com> - 2012-02-07 16:15 -0500
    Re: tmps and swap Günther Schwarz <strap@gmx.de> - 2012-02-07 23:01 +0000
      Re: tmps and swap Alexander Schreiber <als@usenet.thangorodrim.de> - 2012-05-31 21:52 +0200
  Re: tmps and swap Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2012-02-07 22:40 +0000
    Re: tmps and swap Günther Schwarz <strap@gmx.de> - 2012-02-07 23:01 +0000
      Re: tmps and swap "Stachu 'Dozzie' K." <dozzie@go.eat.some.screws.spammer.invalid> - 2012-02-08 09:18 +0000
        Re: tmps and swap Günther Schwarz <strap@gmx.de> - 2012-02-09 21:51 +0000
  Re: tmps and swap Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2012-02-08 00:34 +0100
    Re: tmps and swap Günther Schwarz <strap@gmx.de> - 2012-02-09 21:51 +0000

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