Post #1287247
2026-03-05 23:26 UTC
@nitinkhanna @adrienne That, unfortunately, is something LUKS doesn't handle. Once the system is online and the passphrase provided to unlock the volume, it stays unlocked until the system is shut down.
I'm working on the basis of "if we're at the point where the government is going to surgically remove the system from the datacenter while keeping it powered on and I get no prior notice that they're attempting that so I can't shut the system down, we're more screwed than I as a small provider can handle," to be honest.
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@nitinkhanna@mastodon.social 2026-03-05 23:29
@Arthfach @adrienne fair point!
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@adrake@sfba.social 2026-03-06 01:40
@arthfach @nitinkhanna @adrienne fwiw, keeping a computer powered while seizing it is a standard tactic, and tools to do it are commercially available and not particularly expensive, e.g. https://cdsg.com/products/hotplug-field-kit?image=0 No surgery needed most of the time, unless you are connected directly to the wall (no power strip), and your power connector doesn't expose anything hot while slightly removed from the wall.