On 03/26/2010 12:38 AM, Jamaal Speights wrote: > I am curious about the cryptsetup remove function and its purpose after > rebooting a system. Is my system still vulnerable to someone else > mounting my encrypted file if I don't remove the mapping before I > reboot? When my system comes back up I don't see the mapping in > /dev/mapping/cryptfile . Also if I do cryptsetup to mount the image > again I have to re-enter the password. So whats the point of using > cryptsetup remove when shutting your system down? Remove key from memory? (google coldboot attack) Deactivate crypt mapping so underlying storage can safely deactivate devices (LVM for example)? Umount underlying filesystem if mappping is to file on it? ... Milan _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
