Use encrypted backup

[Xianwen Chen]

Thanks Robert,

Do you know why kmap=dvorak/ANSI-dvorak will fail decryption attempt?

[roberts]

No. Never tried dvorak. Regular keyboard with my bad vision is enough of a challenge.

[Xianwen Chen]

Robert,

Is there a way to generate a temporary file to store the password input at boot-up? If that is possible, I can track what is actually input when dvorak keyboard is specified and potentially solve the bug.

[roberts]

It is stored in /etc/sysconfig/bfe but is currently deleted upon any failure. You would have to mod filetool.sh to catch it.

[roberts]

The use of "protect" has now been enhanced to better handle existing data backup files.
Look for it in the next release.

[Xianwen Chen]

Thanks a lot Robert. I had to format my USB disk to EXT4 because I was concerned if I lost it, the data in mydata.tgz would be easily accessed. Now I can formot the USB disk back to FAT32 with mydata.tgz encrypted.

Cheers!

[solorin]

what 'security hole' did the feature that is being changed patch?

[roberts]

No secrity hole. The existing code was easy to use with no initial backup data.
With backup data it required serveral manual steps that really should not have been be required.
I enhanced the code to not require manual steps and with messages where there was none.
It will be available in 4.5.2

[solorin]

b(o_o)d