>>>>> "Antoine" == Antoine Tremblay <hexa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Antoine> But i'm wondering something since once the partition has been Antoine> mounted it's available for reading to the valid user in clear Antoine> what would happen if someone were to access a computer that is Antoine> already logged in with a valid user, When the partition is mounted, normal UNIX permissions are your only defence. Antoine> or someone that would root the machine remotly and gain access Antoine> to the mounted partition ? If someone gets root access, there's nothing you can do. Even if there was some way to prevent access through the normal means, root could fetch information from the system memory and be able to read your files. -- Hubert Chan <hubert@xxxxxxxxx> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.
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