On Mon, 31 Dec 2007, Curt Sampson wrote: > [encrypted disk on machine with inaccessible console] > Is there an existing protocol we might use that would be as simple as > a simple TCP connection? (HTTP comes to mind.) Under FreeBSD with the "geli" disk encryption scheme, I once embedded an HTTPS server in the code that prompts for a password. The password prompt appears on the console as usual, and a web server starts listening on a configurable port; whichever gets a password first wins. I used a modified verion of shttpd as the embedded web server. shttpd is not in pkgsrc, but is available from <http://shttpd.sourceforge.net/>. My code is not ready for public consumption, but I could get it ready if there's interest. > Would anybody object to me writing and committing this, along with > committing a simple server to pkgsrc? I have no objection to your idea, but I prefer the HTTPS idea. --apb (Alan Barrett)