Which approach do you think is better, and why?
Or do you think there is an even better way to use a hardware security token to unlock drives having LUKS full disk encryption?
Which approach do you think is better, and why?
Or do you think there is an even better way to use a hardware security token to unlock drives having LUKS full disk encryption?
I try to follow a multi-factor, multi-domain model.
So if I am wanting to verify that data is on the system I except it to be then TPM keys and measured boot is what I use. To verify it is on the network I expect I use a Tang server. To verify I have possession of a device I use, a hardware token and password.
You could do all the above, or mix match depending on the system. For example for servers I assume they need to boot without user intervention, so password is set as backup to the Tang server. I still use hardware token to buy just for quick revoktion of verification (i.e. I know a server is compromised or could be soon, I can just pull a USB out).
The same setup works for my laptops, which makes my network because of Tang act as trusted domain as well.
So again multi-factor (something you have, know, are, do) and multi-domain (network, user, machine).
I use Clevis to do the multi-key unlocks.