Collaborate Disseminate
I used Windows and Kali Linux together for some time. Yesterday I changed my Windows, but after reinstalling Windows, grub was gone and the laptop was directly booting to Windows.
(Both Kali and Windows are in EFI and HDD is GPT)
I made ch… Continue reading Empty Grub after installing windows over kali [migrated]
Virtualisation can do reasonably secure nonpersistent drives. Would rather not rely on this alone but also have a host that is nonpersistent too. A live DVD as a host leaves no traces and is physically impossible to permanently infect/own … Continue reading Most secure linux equivalent to Shadow Defender for live CD-like nonpersistency with no traces left (or traces that are encrypted)
Today I have a tale of mystery, of horror, and of hope. The allure of a newer kernel and packages was too much to resist, so I found myself upgrading to Fedora 30. All the packages had downloaded, all that was left was to let DNF reboot the machine and …read more
Continue reading Tales from the Sysadmin: Dumped into the Grub Command Line
I just converted MBR to GPT using Windows 10’s mbr2gpt tool because Kali’s GRUB wasn’t detecting Windows(Legacy mode) loader. Now whenever I click “Start Installer” from live USB Kali 2017.1, the screen has a rectangular blac… Continue reading Kali "Start Installer" freezes
I would like to encrypt the partitions on my hard drive. They’re partioned and mounted as follows:
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 494,4G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot
├─sda2 … Continue reading Hard drive encryption
So I’m using Debian 9.1 with KDE and have my hard drives encrypted. Now I’m wondering whether to additionally add a GRUB password as described here.
Would that make sense? As the hard drives are encrypted nobody should be ab… Continue reading Would it add security to set a GRUB password if HDDs are encrypted and UEFI settings can be opened anyway?
If the boot partition is encrypted (and the passphrase to unlock the device must be entered in GRUB before the boot sequence starts) is the system considerable safe from an Evil Maid Attack?
The best way to delve into others Linux machine is by editing the grub.
Many will start by, editing the line ro quite splash as rw init=/bin/bash during the startup (usually by pressing button e on the list). Second is usin… Continue reading Is that a way break Linux user password by bypassing grub protected?
I try to find out how far I can secure my laptop from physical access and tampering attempts.
Setup: ThinkPad with Linux installation
What I have done so far:
disk encryption using cryptsetup for everything except /boot
e… Continue reading Laptop tampering and boot loader