On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Dave Howe wrote:
> Jim Choate wrote:
> > Which is a blind path since those files -must- be unencrypted and if
> > they do mount the disk they have to have access to the key to
> > unencrypt the fs hence you're in the same boat as with Winblows.
> At least in theory a lilo boot could mount an encrypted partition while
> still in the initrd stage; as crypto support is moved into the kernel, I
> expect to see this become an available option.
Yes, it can mount the partition. That isn't the problem. The problem is
that for lilo to do this it has to have access to the key in plaintext.
That makes the entire exercise moot.
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