-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 12/25/2011 08:05 PM, Linda McLeod wrote: > I lost the encrypted login PW for one of my many hd's, and found that I > can easily over-ride to restore it if I do a little cracking with > codes.. The data was easily found in a Google search, which means that > an encrypted OS isn't really a locked OS.. So I'm wondering how can we > have sure-fire fool-proof crack-proof keys that maintain a private > corporate computer totally safe and private from the crazy world's > bullying and messing..? > What? What password are you referring to exactly? BIOS? encrypted LUKS partition? encryptfs? Truecrypt? Please provide more details. > Do you suppose a flash drive can somehow made to be the only key that > opens an OS..? > > Can there be layers of keys in a key..? > I.E.: ones multi-layered PW might be something like: > "18erty > 239de > frosset (for this one the user must wait "5-seconds" of no keyboard > activity before being keyed in) > 18 > su78 > ddhe" > I have never seen anything like this. I wouldn't trust it if someone came up with something like this since they could easily just add their own key into the algorithm. - -- Larry Brower, CCENT Fedora Ambassador - North America Fedora Quality Assurance lbrower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.fedoraproject.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJO994EAAoJEF1Xw4ZWTEoJsGgQAIkRy0bpZVeRz2uz6LK9hfjL S/KbE/LzjKZmlRPI7rm6UjKgZP0JOBbciGwt+2WO27BHFwkBBAqBnv7fINPCNSr7 5Oy6dD2nT3m4SDpF77TmAPiRj67QaQKXrr1H3bxUPOhZs3rFtnJ11eAtNyMvJp6e J2DEnjMaUZEHPfyh2Jby5OzPTxspoHV7bPE03UJUYWflAOyaX9HcrhrWXu6jklx/ vYWOQcEl7vsI86a2BEcH3fkpnmH+CmkbyOaR9Sv5LSHjtTtzoITkv7MuJ34YkUb8 fNudKZnZfBl1ohKtuwt8cGIuECCZbJtuvxyv+YbwafcNyiJXXKYFIwCG50K761ys /Q5p9WPh5TSJmuHZVJRK7DMHcu3KptoTPtrVsMe1M0wr19VqNNcvbCFOed4O7xC/ WjxlTXR6hiKTUXwe+0kNlw7WZBgj2uExdsG2v0KDWcKuEqDFGkXibmLXcI9PeqHA MHRVI/8qgOLqC1bFy2BYTVsekmvvGcIbj6Adt3o0j5+80+nobhnnW9k8iU4XN4A+ NCPzpS1iRFvSGYiuMhs+rmzVIWR832Ha8kJ28mIb5XJFYa4tDEaMfG74IH7YryFW RSKXBF7bFJ0nG2D6tZjIstkYA/P6yELbfxMgf//9IvR6FL9B81tMPoF+x0FTgBD8 S9gm85tVdxgl7qIgyp5y =fy8S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
