Bug 136894

Summary:	linuxrc: allow passing encrypted passwords for ssh installations
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 11.2	Reporter:	Marcus Rückert <mrueckert>
Component:	Basesystem	Assignee:	Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Enhancement
Priority:	P4 - Low	CC:	kernel01
Version:	unspecified
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Hardware:	Other
OS:	openSUSE 11.2
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Description Marcus Rückert 2005-12-05 13:14:57 UTC

currently the boot parameter for the ssh installation is set unencrypted.

would it be useful to allow passing encrypted hashes aswell?
how much work would it be?

Comment 1 Carl-Daniel Hailfinger 2006-02-17 10:17:09 UTC

Chicken-egg problem. How is the machine going to decrypt the encrypted hash? If you are really that paranoid, stuffing a pubkey on a local drive is going to be much more secure.

Comment 2 Marcus Rückert 2006-02-17 11:48:19 UTC

blowfish encryption as you find it in the shadow file.
the inst/rescue system doesnt need to decrypt this.

it wouldnt make this a really secure solution but make my use case easier.

Comment 3 Steffen Winterfeldt 2014-08-11 14:08:54 UTC

finally available in sle12/oS 13.2