From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 30 12:30:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93BB316A4CE for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:30:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.86.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D19B43D46 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:30:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@phk.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0UKUNoJ010026; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 21:30:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@phk.freebsd.dk) To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=DE=F3r=F0ur_=CDvar_Bj=F6rnsson?= From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 30 Jan 2004 20:28:56 GMT." <20040130202856.65e2acbb.thib@heimsnet.is> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 21:30:23 +0100 Message-ID: <10025.1075494623@critter.freebsd.dk> cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A question or maybe a request or something or other X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 20:30:27 -0000 In message <20040130202856.65e2acbb.thib@heimsnet.is>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=DE=F3r=F0ur_=CDv ar_Bj=F6rnsson?= writes: >I was reading phk@ gbde paper ( wich he presented at bsdcon03 ) >and I had an idea, I think that alot of other people have had the >same idea but I have not seen it discussed anywhere. Now to the >meat of it, I was wondering if there would be an option for setting >a passphrase whom would initiate a self descrut sequence ( destroying >all data on a particular disk when entered or even just a portion >of the data on that disk ). This would be a fisable option in a >real world situation if an attacker is putting pressure on somebody >to give up the passphrase ( Well the victim might end up with a 9 >mm through his skull in a worst case scenario ) but still. This is planned, but not yet implemented for lack of time. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.