Celejar: > Jochen Schulz <m...@well-adjusted.de> wrote: >> Celejar: >>> >>> Why does putting /boot on a USB stick gain you anything? >> >> Because an unencrypted /boot may be altered by an attacker without you >> noticing it. Theoretically, the kernel may be replaced by another one >> that reports your passphrase to the attacker. > > Oh, basically the Evil Maid attack. Fair enough. But then you have to > make sure the attacker can't flash the BIOS ...
Exactly. I didn't remember there was a name for this attack.
J.
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