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Bug#414448: #414448: partman-crypto: allow to use unencrytped swap

From: Joerg Jaspert <joerg(at)ganneff.de>
Date: Fri Nov 30 2007 - 12:07:16 EST

On 11219 March 1977, Max Vozeler wrote:

> I feel that this is too "dangerous" an option to allow
> without requiring the user to jump through hoops to
> configure it themselves.

So we are going the gnome way of thinking "users are dumb idiots and we need to take every option away from them"?

> There is no way this can be safe, and thus no way for it
> to make sense except for test setups where you don't really
> care if the encryption is severly weakened.

Let the user decide it. Show him one or two notes about it and ask if he really wants to have that setup. Default to no, of course.

And maybe only if expert mode is selected.

> I'm happy to discuss arguments why it does make sense and
> why we should introduce the option, but for now I just
> don't see them; hence tagging the bug +wontfix.

It does not hurt to have it. It doesnt make it less secure per default, and if you only show it in expert mode and then also ask for a confirmation that its really wanted then it would be pretty fine to have it.

-- 
bye Joerg
 yes, I'm annoying.



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