full-disclosure - Re: Most Linux distributions don't use tmpfs nor encrypt swap by default

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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:51:42 +0000
From: Mark Krenz <mark@...gbug.org>
To: Pedro Martelletto <pedro@...ientworks.net>
Cc: "full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Most Linux distributions don't use tmpfs nor
 encrypt swap by default

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 02:57:33PM GMT, Pedro Martelletto [pedro@...ientworks.net] said the following:
> > I know OpenBSD has an encrypt swapfs setting on its rc.conf file
> > though not activated by default.
> 
> i believe it is activated by default:
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=111185331505174
> 

 Thanks for catching that. Sorry, what I had in e-mail was wrong, but
the chart on the report is correct.  I think I meant FreeBSD.

-- 
Mark S. Krenz
IT Director
Suso Technology Services, Inc.

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