How would you protect files of a VPS (Virtual Private Server) from snooping by the service provider?

  • Lemmchen@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    Modern CPUs have some RAM encryption features, but ultimately you’re running on hardware outside your control. Personally, I use full disk encryption (except for /boot) and unlock remotely via SSH, but that only helps against automatic scanning of the storage.

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      2 months ago

      Do you use dropbear and manually input the password to unlock the LUKS partition, or have you scripted something to automate that?

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        Dropbear + manual input, but I guess you could do that as a single command somehow. I rarely restart this machine, so copying the PW from my PW manager is acceptable for me.