Re: boot time startup requires password

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Brian Jones wrote:
Thanks, Kevin. 

Can I make a feature request to whoever sees this that is way better
at Java/C than me to at least make the stored password crypted in
something stronger than rot13?
  
What would you suggest?  Note that a determined attacker will be able to decode anything that could be done without a key, especially since the source code is available.


On 7/8/05, Kevin Myer <kevin_myer@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
  
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/ag/intro.htm#39523

NB:  you trade the ease of startup with a security risk, in that your
keyphrase
is stored in a file cleartext.

Kevin

Quoting Brian Jones <bkjones@xxxxxxxxx>:

    
Hi all.

I hit a snag yesterday when I rebooted my directory server box
(running RHEL 4). The problem is that I'm using SSL/TLS, and that
means that every time I restart the directory server I have to provide
the password for the certificate database. Now, I *know* that this
would never stand in a large production environment, so I can only
imagine that I missed some essential piece of documentation on how I
can use SSL/TLS, but not be forced to provide a password every time
the server starts.

Could someone provide a link to the doc that addresses this, or does
someone have some clue they could provide for my feeble brain?

Thanks.

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