Author: intrigeri Date: To: The Tails public development discussion list Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Create random seed at installation time with Tails
Installer
kurono: > * The natural place to put it is in the usual seed file, inside the
> Tails file system (filesystem.squashfs). But this would imply to extract
> the image, change the file, and create a new image, which would be a lot
> of extra work. Another disadvantage is that it makes any further file
> integrity checking impossible.
Ouch, no, let's not do that.
> * The other option is to locate it outside of the tails file system,
You mean in the FAT filesystem that Tails Installer creates, right?
If yes, then this seems like the best option. Another option would be
somewhere in the GPT (IIRC someone researched that).
> let say the "binary" part, and link the random init script to this
> file, only if we are creating it by the installer.
I guess checking for this file's existence is enough.
> I don't know if this last option is even possible.
> Are there already some examples of it? Maybe the syslinux, etc?
Yes, Tails Installer already creates / renames / mangles files in the
FAT filesystem after extracting the content of the ISO filesystem.
Just curious:
* When do we update the content of this file?
* What's the plan for upgrades of the Tails USB stick?
