The Mandos system allows computers to have encrypted root file systems and at the same time be capable of remote or unattended reboots. The computers run a small client program in the initial RAM disk environment which will communicate with a server over a network. All network communication is encrypted using TLS. The clients are identified by the server using an OpenPGP key that is unique to each client. The server sends the clients an encrypted password. The encrypted password is decrypted by the clients using the same OpenPGP key, and the password is then used to unlock the root file system.
License: GNU General Public License v3
Changes:
In the server, matched user/group pairs are only found when searching for a suitable nonprivileged user/group to switch to. In the client, the new kernel parameter "mandos=off" makes the client not run at boot. Linking errors and compilation warnings on AMD64 were fixed. Numbers in command line options are parsed better. The splashy and usplash plugins are more robust while traversing /proc, and will not abort if a process suddenly disappears.
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01-15-2009
