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#7 Re: Unlocking a LUKS encrypted root partition via ssh Posted by Anonymous (130.126.xx.xx) on Thu 7 Feb 2008 at 16:54 Another method is to create a 3 partitions on the hard drive, one for /boot, one for swap, and one for the encrypted root luks,lvm combination. Then install a minimal (unencrypted) debian to the swap space. Then log in to this debian, set up the luks partition, set up lvm, and use debootstrap to install a second copy of debian in the encrypted container. Then boot into the encrypted container, then wipe the swap partition dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/hda2 whatever... and then set up an encrypted swap space in /etc/crypttab. Make the swap space use /dev/urandom as a key. This way, everything is encrypted in the end, but you have an intermediate install that allows you to configure the encrypted root and boot drives before you actually boot into them for the first time.

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