[PATCH] mounting encrypted devices infrastructure

[Tobias Koenig]

On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 08:04:32PM +0100, David Faure wrote:
> On Monday 16 February 2004 19:35, Tobias Koenig wrote:
Hi David,

> > The encrypted partition/device has to be setup manually anyway. SuSE has
> > an option for this purpose in Yast and for RedHat and Debian you can
> > create shell Scripts which are started via init.d.
> Yes, so the question is what will happen when the user doesn't do any of that,
> and simply checks the checkbox, and types a password. If the thing is then mounted
> unencrypted, that would be a problem (false sense of security)...
ATM encryption with Linux can only be done via mounting a loopback device,
so we can show this checkbox only when a loopback device is selected in
the device combobox.
Additionaly a WhatsThis message and ToolTip could make the meaning of
the checkbox a bit clearer.

> > This 'Encrypted' is just a boolean for whether a password dialog should
> > be presented to the user or not. Maybe an other label would fit better?
> Not necessarily, if the password is always used for encryption then it's better to
> give the label a useful text... I think "Encrypted" is fine.
Or maybe 'Ask for password when device is encrypted', that would make
clear that this doesn't encrypt the device.

Ciao,
Tobias
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