Bug 136894 - linuxrc: allow passing encrypted passwords for ssh installations
Summary: linuxrc: allow passing encrypted passwords for ssh installations
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: openSUSE 11.2
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Basesystem (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other openSUSE 11.2
: P4 - Low : Enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Steffen Winterfeldt
QA Contact: E-mail List
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2005-12-05 13:14 UTC by Marcus Rückert
Modified: 2014-08-11 14:08 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

See Also:
Found By: Other
Services Priority:
Business Priority:
Blocker: ---
Marketing QA Status: ---
IT Deployment: ---

Attachments
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
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