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Xianwen Chen
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Re: Use encrypted backup
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Reply #15 on:
May 02, 2012, 03:06:32 AM »
Thanks Robert,
Do you know why
kmap=dvorak/ANSI-dvorak
will fail decryption attempt?
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roberts
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May 02, 2012, 03:10:19 AM »
No. Never tried dvorak. Regular keyboard with my bad vision is enough of a challenge.
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Xianwen Chen
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Re: Use encrypted backup
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May 02, 2012, 03:14:14 AM »
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.
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May 02, 2012, 03:17:45 AM »
It is stored in /etc/sysconfig/bfe but is currently deleted upon any failure. You would have to mod filetool.sh to catch it.
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May 02, 2012, 03:16:01 PM »
The use of "protect" has now been enhanced to better handle existing data backup files.
Look for it in the next release.
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Xianwen Chen
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Re: Use encrypted backup
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May 03, 2012, 04:57:30 PM »
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!
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solorin
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May 04, 2012, 12:13:50 AM »
what 'security hole' did the feature that is being changed patch?
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May 04, 2012, 01:26:50 AM »
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
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solorin
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May 04, 2012, 03:33:00 AM »
b(o_o)d
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