From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: From: David Presotto To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] ATA next In-Reply-To: <20040123091135.I28365@cackle.proxima.alt.za> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-kgboafowbvvfrrjyczszexqsyi" Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:37:54 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: bf9e34fc-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-kgboafowbvvfrrjyczszexqsyi Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The cpu server prompts you for a secstore password when it comes up if you haven't stored one in the nvram-like disk or floppy partition. It will store it in that partition after you specify it. --upas-kgboafowbvvfrrjyczszexqsyi Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Received: from plan9.cs.bell-labs.com ([135.104.9.2]) by plan9; Fri Jan 23 02:12:35 EST 2004 Received: from mail.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by plan9; Fri Jan 23 02:12:33 EST 2004 Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id 08AC219E60; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:12:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.4.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 87D1D19C95; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:12:11 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id 1ADD719E5B; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:11:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from cackle.proxima.alt.za (cackle.proxima.alt.za [196.30.44.141]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id A404319B9F for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:11:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from cackle.proxima.alt.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cackle.proxima.alt.za (8.12.8/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i0N7BcY5016878 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 09:11:39 +0200 (SAST) Received: (from lucio@localhost) by cackle.proxima.alt.za (8.12.8/8.12.3/Submit) id i0N7BbBb016876 for 9fans@cse.psu.edu; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 09:11:37 +0200 (SAST) From: Lucio De Re To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] ATA next Message-ID: <20040123091135.I28365@cackle.proxima.alt.za> Mail-Followup-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu References: <20040122203626.F28365@cackle.proxima.alt.za> <067b825de500d2495d2793710185592d@plan9.bell-labs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4us In-Reply-To: <067b825de500d2495d2793710185592d@plan9.bell-labs.com>; from David Presotto on Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 03:10:16PM -0500 Organization: Proxima Research & Development Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Reply-To: lucio@proxima.alt.za List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 09:11:36 +0200 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 03:10:16PM -0500, David Presotto wrote: > > We just store it in our secstore and get it whenever we boot. Look at the > example at the end of rsa(8). It tells you how to generate it. > How do you get to it? Or, putting it another way, how do you specify to the secstore what password to use to access it? Specially on a CPU server? Is there a bypass from nvram to secstore? There has to be one from nvram to factotum which I wish I understood better, so perhaps I must just search a little harder. I think I have a good grip on the rest, thank you. ++L --upas-kgboafowbvvfrrjyczszexqsyi--