Re: password-store /dev/shm mfs

Janne Johansson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.misc
Message-ID <CAA6-MF-nNT+x9iqz_nk-b-rdpScQ5TZHRsxdAqnTFRv2JBLG7Q@mail.gmail.com>
Den ons 12 aug. 2026 kl 15:59 skrev Andy Bradford <
[email protected]>:

> Thus said Janne Johansson on Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:39:59 +0200:
>
> > That is correct, and if ever mfs contents get swapped out, the swap on
> > openbsd is always  encrypted by a per-boot random key,  so noone could
> > dig it out  of the swapdevice on  the next boot even if  you don't use
> > FDE.
>
> Are you sure?  It seems the default is:
> #vm.swapencrypt.enable=0        # 0=Do not encrypt pages that go to swap
>

That is not the default, it is the example file telling you what you could
change it to if you like.

# sysctl vm.swapencrypt.enable
vm.swapencrypt.enable=1

Read the actual setting, not the text file.

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