Forward, Newsletter Tip Idea: Re: Dapper Drake Feature Request

[Jonathan Riddell]

This just arrived, might make a good tip for the Newsletter if someone
wants to write it up.

----- Forwarded message from Steven Mulvay <steven.mulvay at paradise.net.nz> -----

Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:01:18 +1200
From: Steven Mulvay <steven.mulvay at paradise.net.nz>
Subject: Re: Dapper Drake Feature Request
To: Jonathan Riddell <jriddell at ubuntu.com>

Dear Jonathan,
I've recently discovered that there's no need for my previous feature request. I found out that grub supports passwords using md5 encryption, these means that I can put a secure password onto the boot entry for the recovery mode. This satisfies my security expectations.
 
May I respectfully suggest that you place a highly visible tip on the Kubuntu and Ubuntu web sites about placing an md5 grub password onto the recovery mode? 

By the  way, two days ago, I installed the final release of Dapper Drake and am very pleased with it. :) Thank you for your time.

Cheers,
Steve :)

 
On Sat, 20 May 2006 01:13:33 +0100, Jonathan Riddell wrote:
> On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 11:14:43PM +1200, Steven Mulvay wrote:
>>  My request is this, could you design Dapper Drake to store an optional
>>  recovery mode password that is encrypted to the same degree as user
>>  passwords? I am aware that it is possible to put a password onto the
>>  grub entry for the recovery mode, but this password is stored as plain
>>  text. Maybe the solution to the recovery mode password problem is
>>  simply a matter of shipping a customised version of grub that supports
>>  encrypted passwords, rather than altering Dapper itself? What do you
>>  think?
> 
> Far too late to change this for dapper, but ideas for Edgy are now
> being taken.  Please add a spec and target it to edgy (doesn't have to
> be very well written at this stage, it'll be tidied up at our spec
> conference).
> 
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+specs
> 
> Jonathan
>