ouch@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoVPS encryptionmessage-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareVPS encryptionouch@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNegativeLookBehind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-220 days agodeleted by creator
minus-squareboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoSo how do you decrypt the LUKS vault when you have no sshd running as that thing is not up yet?
minus-squareNegativeLookBehind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-220 days agodeleted by creator
minus-squareZikeji@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoLUKS, or anything that relies on the server encrypting, is highly vulnerable (see [email protected]’s response). Your best bet would be encrypting client side before it arrives on the server using a solution like rclone, restic, borg, etc.
minus-squareboredsquirrel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoYes. No proof their LUKS prompt isnt tampered with
minus-squarefuzzy_feeling@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoyou can but an ssh server in your initramfs. dropbear-initramfs i guess was the name in debian.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThat only works if the decryption is happening on hardware you control. You can not trust any part of the VPS including the memory and CPU
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So how do you decrypt the LUKS vault when you have no sshd running as that thing is not up yet?
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LUKS, or anything that relies on the server encrypting, is highly vulnerable (see [email protected]’s response).
Your best bet would be encrypting client side before it arrives on the server using a solution like rclone, restic, borg, etc.
Yes. No proof their LUKS prompt isnt tampered with
you can but an ssh server in your initramfs.
dropbear-initramfs i guess was the name in debian.
That only works if the decryption is happening on hardware you control. You can not trust any part of the VPS including the memory and CPU