[nycbug-talk] encrypted swap roundup

Okan Demirmen okan
Fri Jul 1 16:15:03 EDT 2005


On Fri 2005.07.01 at 14:20 -0400, Isaac Levy wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> So after installing OSX 10.4 (Tiger) this week, it seems one of the  
> host of goodies is now encrypted swap as an option:
> 
> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050509170728423
> Seems to be implemented in almost exactly the same way OpenBSD  
> encrypted swap is (except apple gives you a GUI checkbox in System  
> Prefs to "Use secure virtual memory",
> 
> On OpenBSD:
> 
> Edit /etc/sysctl.conf
> change:
> 
> #vm.swapencrypt.enable=1
> to:
> vm.swapencrypt.enable=1
 
this is the default as of a few months ago (2005/03/26)

cheers,
okan




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