Bug 468927
| Summary: | Describe new Encryption feature in release notes for 5.3 | ||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Reporter: | Denise Dumas <ddumas> |
| Component: | redhat-release-notes | Assignee: | Ryan Lerch <rlerch> |
| Status: | CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE | QA Contact: | Joshua Wulf <jwulf> |
| Severity: | urgent | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | high | ||
| Version: | 5.3 | CC: | anross, lcarlon, syeghiay |
| Target Milestone: | rc | Keywords: | Documentation |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
| Doc Text: |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 includes support for block device encryption using the Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) specification. Encrypting a device protects all data on a block device against unauthorized access, even if the device has been physically removed from a system. To access the contents of an encrypted device, a user must provide a passphrase or key as authentication.
For information on setting up disk encryption, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide:
[correct link here]
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Story Points: | --- |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2009-11-24 01:28:08 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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| Bug Depends On: | |||
| Bug Blocks: | 454962 | ||
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Description
Denise Dumas
2008-10-28 21:44:55 UTC
Is there a BZ for this particular RFE? Hi Ryan, We entered encryption under 229865. Denise Release note added. If any revisions are required, please set the "requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: Addition to Release Notes in Feature Updates or Installation section ... This release includes support for block device encryption during installation, which protects all data on a block device against unauthorized access by encrypting it. To access the device's decrypted contents, a user must provide a passphrase or key as authentication. This provides additional security beyond existing OS security mechanisms in that it protects the device's contents even if it has been physically removed from the system. For more information on this feature, see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/DiskEncryptionUserGuide Release note updated. If any revisions are required, please set the "requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. Diffed Contents: @@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ existing OS security mechanisms in that it protects the device's contents even if it has been physically removed from the system. For more information on this feature, see -http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/DiskEncryptionUserGuide+http://documentation-stage.bne.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Installation_Guide/Disk_Encryption_Guide.html +(Ryan, could you please verify that this is the correct final link? Thanks!) Release note updated. If any revisions are required, please set the "requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. Diffed Contents: @@ -1,12 +1,4 @@ -Addition to Release Notes in -Feature Updates or Installation section ... +Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 includes support for block device encryption using the Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) specification. Encrypting a device protects all data on a block device against unauthorized access, even if the device has been physically removed from a system. To access the contents of an encrypted device, a user must provide a passphrase or key as authentication. -This release includes support for block device encryption during installation, +For information on setting up disk encryption, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide: -which protects all data on a block device against unauthorized access by +[correct link here]-encrypting it. To access the device's decrypted contents, a user must provide a -passphrase or key as authentication. This provides additional security beyond -existing OS security mechanisms in that it protects the device's contents even -if it has been physically removed from the system. -For more information on this feature, see -http://documentation-stage.bne.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Installation_Guide/Disk_Encryption_Guide.html -(Ryan, could you please verify that this is the correct final link? Thanks!) This release note is live at: http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html-single/Release_Notes/#sect-Release_Notes-Feature_Updates Verified link in comment #10 |