From nobody Fri May 22 14:47:31 2026 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4gMSmt3nmMz6dvj5 for ; Fri, 22 May 2026 14:47:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from polarian@polarian.dev) Received: from mail.polarian.dev (mail.polarian.dev [IPv6:2001:8b0:57a:2385::8]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4gMSms3CVrz3RmD for ; Fri, 22 May 2026 14:47:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from polarian@polarian.dev) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=polarian.dev header.s=polarian header.b=nK7fHMcX; dmarc=pass (policy=reject) header.from=polarian.dev; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of polarian@polarian.dev designates 2001:8b0:57a:2385::8 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=polarian@polarian.dev DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/relaxed; d=polarian.dev; s=polarian; t=1779461253; bh=kky7UgnLrgjgeipMnrGfU+d7YDCkfU9tlYQhBQvFjsw=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=nK7fHMcXZjISWrU04xvv8UFFH2UwcyEwtMxkT3eSy6A3CVRyp27+8HSLj7ypVR+1O Muq/4Y6waOzC0bI8EOiyLLxXuoyfNYQsuIWA0vlma8lqkAo0/UILCCPlyksdYqt+kt q8knjNKpyQJVJxOUXxq0cCvnFZwmrqp//P2p1LEA= Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 15:47:31 +0100 From: Polarian To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Terminal server with consumer hardware Message-ID: <20260522154731.4cad8798@Hydrogen> In-Reply-To: References: <20260521233422.001d364f@Hydrogen> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.4.0 (GTK 3.24.52; amd64-portbld-freebsd15.0) List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.49 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.989]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[polarian.dev,reject]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2001:8b0:57a:2385::8]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[polarian.dev:s=polarian]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:20712, ipnet:2001:8b0::/34, country:GB]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[polarian.dev:+] X-Spamd-Bar: --- X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4gMSms3CVrz3RmD Hey, > Debian solves that by providing Dropbear (a small SSH server) in > initramfs. Are such ways also possible in FreeBSD? No, loader can't do that. You would usually do this by having 2 installs, one unencrypted, one encrypted. You would ssh into the unencrypted one to decrypt the encrypted one. Never done it myself, not 100% sure how you even set it up. However I want to get serial working, full stop :) I don't want to give up on it, so does anyone have an idea how to get this working? Thanks, -- Polarian Jabber/XMPP: polarian@icebound.dev