MokSec - The Security Framework
Kalle Happonen
kalle.happonen at iki.fi
Mon Jul 14 15:42:03 CEST 2008
arne anka wrote:
>> How would being root help somebody decrypt a filesystem? Accessing an
>> encrypted filesystem should depend only on having the correct key.
>>
>
> well, to be really usefull the fs should be mounted transparently (hacking
> in the passphrase on every access seems utterly tedious with that tiny
> keyboard -- and would probably add to the exposure risk).
depends on what you mean "on every access". If it's once per startup, I
wouldn't think it's too much. How often do you reboot the phone?
Cheers,
Kalle
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