<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Disk Encryption HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="introduction.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="article" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="title" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >Disk Encryption HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="author" ><A NAME="AEN4" >David Braun</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="affiliation" ><DIV CLASS="address" ><P CLASS="address" ><TT CLASS="email" ><<A HREF="mailto:cruhmoz602 [at] sneakemale [period] com (rewrite 'male' as 'mail')" >cruhmoz602 [at] sneakemale [period] com (rewrite 'male' as 'mail')</A >></TT ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><P CLASS="copyright" >Copyright © 2004 David Braun</P ><P CLASS="pubdate" >2004-11-17<BR></P ><DIV CLASS="revhistory" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.5</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-11-17</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: DB</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >added warning about dm-crypt</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.4</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-08-17</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: DB</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >bug fixes, hints toward plausible deniability and dm-crypt</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.3</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-12-18</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: DB</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >added link to Diceware</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.2</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-10-09</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: DB</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >added idle logout and Gentoo instructions</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-09-13</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: DB</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >added step to zero out keychain</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-08-28</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: tmm</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Initial release, reviewed by LDP</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.92</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-08-27</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: DB</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >first submission to LDP</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="abstract" ><A NAME="AEN47" ></A ><P ></P ><P >A method is described for encrypting a hard disk, either in whole or in part, with the encryption key stored on an external medium for increased security.</P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="introduction.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="introduction.html#TechnicalSummary" >Technical Summary</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="introduction.html#CopyrightAndLicense" >Copyright and License</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="introduction.html#Disclaimer" >Disclaimer</A ></DT ><DT >1.4. <A HREF="introduction.html#Acknowledgments" >Acknowledgments</A ></DT ><DT >1.5. <A HREF="introduction.html#Feedback" >Feedback</A ></DT ><DT >1.6. <A HREF="introduction.html#Approaches" >Approaches</A ></DT ><DT >1.7. <A HREF="introduction.html#ThreatModel" >Threat Model</A ></DT ><DT >1.8. <A HREF="introduction.html#Caveats" >Caveats</A ></DT ><DT >1.9. <A HREF="introduction.html#Requirements" >Requirements</A ></DT ><DT >1.10. <A HREF="introduction.html#LookingToTheFuture" >Looking to the Future</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="procedure.html" >Procedure</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >2.1. <A HREF="procedure.html#PrepareTheKeychain" >Prepare the Keychain</A ></DT ><DT >2.2. <A HREF="procedure.html#PrepareTheAsset" >Prepare the Asset</A ></DT ><DT >2.3. <A HREF="procedure.html#Scripts" >Scripts</A ></DT ><DT >2.4. <A HREF="procedure.html#TestingAndBackup" >Testing and Backup</A ></DT ><DT >2.5. <A HREF="procedure.html#RescueDisk" >Rescue Disk</A ></DT ><DT >2.6. <A HREF="procedure.html#InstallingLinux" >Installing Linux</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >3. <A HREF="moreinformation.html" >More Information</A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="glossary.html" >Glossary</A ></DT ><DT >A. <A HREF="gfdl.html" >GNU Free Documentation License</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.1. <A HREF="gfdl-0.html" >PREAMBLE</A ></DT ><DT >A.2. <A HREF="gfdl-1.html" >APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS</A ></DT ><DT >A.3. <A HREF="gfdl-2.html" >VERBATIM COPYING</A ></DT ><DT >A.4. <A HREF="gfdl-3.html" >COPYING IN QUANTITY</A ></DT ><DT >A.5. <A HREF="gfdl-4.html" >MODIFICATIONS</A ></DT ><DT >A.6. <A HREF="gfdl-5.html" >COMBINING DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >A.7. <A HREF="gfdl-6.html" >COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >A.8. <A HREF="gfdl-7.html" >AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS</A ></DT ><DT >A.9. <A HREF="gfdl-8.html" >TRANSLATION</A ></DT ><DT >A.10. <A HREF="gfdl-9.html" >TERMINATION</A ></DT ><DT >A.11. <A HREF="gfdl-10.html" >FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE</A ></DT ><DT >A.12. <A HREF="gfdl-addendum.html" >ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="introduction.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >