[nycbug-talk] encrypted swap roundup

[Okan Demirmen]

On Fri 2005.07.01 at 16:21 -0400, Isaac Levy wrote:
> Hey Okan, All,
> 
> On Jul 1, 2005, at 4:15 PM, Okan Demirmen wrote:
> 
> >On Fri 2005.07.01 at 14:20 -0400, Isaac Levy wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>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
> 
> Do you mean that it's on by default a few months ago, or that the  
> feature was included by default a few months ago?
> 
> I'd been under the impression it had been a feature in OpenBSD for  
> much longer-

oh, yes...been there as an option for a long time...as of a few months
ago, it became the default - to encrypt swap...sorry for not being more
clear ;)

cheers,
okan