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From: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 16:29:04 +0200
Subject: Updates to storage.

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+# Setting up a secure account
+
+Personal secrets should never leave your personal control.
+Digital secrets should be kept on a cryptographically secure storage
+and handled only with special tools
+to not leak data e.g. via temporary files or virtual memory.
+
+Avoid smart file managers.
+
+Do *not* transfer secret data as-is on insecure media like a USB stick -
+traces of the secrets can be left behind even after deletion!
+
+
+## Storage
+
+A quite strong option is to keep secrets on a smartcard
+accessed from a personal system with full disk encryption.
+
+A strong option is to keep secrets on a personal system with full disk encryption.
+
+A weaker option is to keep secrets on an encrypted disk partition
+mounted only when needed and then unmounted again.
+
+
+### Full disk encryption
+
+Setting up "Full disk encryption" is done when setting up the whole system.
+
+
+### encrypted partition
+
+You need package `cryptsetup-run`.
+Install it if not done already.
+
+Connect the device (if removable)
+and locate its device name (first column):
+
+	lsblk --paths --nodeps
+
+Make sure the device has no partitions mounted (last column):
+
+	lsblk --paths
+
+Format selected device
+(replacing PATH_TO_YOUR_DEVICE with your actual device path):
+
+	luksformat -t ext4 PATH_TO_YOUR_DEVICE
+
+Locate the UUID of the formatted device
+(replacing PATH_TO_YOUR_DEVICE with your actual device path):
+
+	lsblk --fs --nodeps PATH_TO_YOUR_DEVICE
+
+Add/extend the file `etc/crypttab` with a line about the device
+(replacing YOUR_UUID with your actual UUID):
+
+> mysecrets UUID=YOUR_UUID none luks,noauto
+
+
+## Secrets
+
+
+### PGP
+
+
+### SSH
+
+
+Monkeysphere
+
+
+## See also
+
+[Cryptsetup FAQ]
+
+[Cryptsetup FAQ]: <https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/wikis/FrequentlyAskedQuestions>
+  "Cryptsetup Frequently Asked Questions"
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