bugtraq - Re: Re: [PAPER] Juggling with packets: floating data storage

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Message-ID: <200310091908.h99J8nmj028727@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 15:08:49 -0400
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To: bugtraq@...strial.co.uk
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, secpapers@...urityfocus.com,
   full-disclosure@...sys.com
Subject: Re: Re: [PAPER] Juggling with packets: floating data storage

On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 16:30:08 BST, bugtraq@...strial.co.uk said:

> Store your data on a crypto-loopback partition, but that requires a 
> passphrase, _and_ a key file containing random data to access it.
> 
> In the event of an "emergency", simply shred -uvz /path/to/keyfile, and 
> reboot.
> Your data will be rendered completely useless.

And if you did a 'mount -t netloop /path/to/keyfile', there's not even a need to
shred the file. :)

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