On Tuesday 18 August 2009, Christopher Howard said something like:
> Regarding the remote reboot problem: I wonder if anyone has ever
> thought of some way around that. I mean, if it is possible to enter a
> password at the terminal during boot time, then could there not
> possibly be some way to do it remotely? Perhaps we could somehow wrap
> a small ssh server into the initramfs, so that when the kernel booted
> and cryptsetup was run, it also could receive the password over the
> network.
An SSH server in the initramfs would be cool. Another "way around" is
something like Sun's ILOM
(http://www.sun.com/systemmanagement/ilom.jsp) where you have remote
access to a console on the box. Bascially, built-in KVM over IP. But
then, you have another attack vector, so make sure you lock your
management network down nice a secure. :)
j
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