> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 at 07:13:41 +0100, Admir Trakic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > Anders, > > Is there any way to incoporate this hint: > http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/579 where usage of > serial port would be avoided? > > ;-)
After browsing the howto slightly my guess is that it would work. Busybox is available (in fact it is already in the initrd image) for the arm and so is dropbear. One concern is the available size on the flash in the NSLU2. Dropbear is a bit above 500 kB installed, but not all of it needs to be in the initrd image. I think it would fit. Another concern is the available RAM. I don't know exactly how much memory is required for the the slug to boot and start the apps from RAM. If the swap partition is also encrypted and needs to be unlocked before being used, it may be a problem. If so, a random key for the swap partition might help in that case, because then swap can be initiated before actually entering a LUKS passphrase for the root partition. I will not personally try this at the moment because one of my design goals is to _not_ run a ssh server and further require physical access for entering the passphrase at boot (via a serial port), which I think increases security and is suitable for my application. Anders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
