* floppy disks are now unsupported

* ram disks are supported

bin/cryptobox.conf

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 # comma separated list of possible prefixes for accesible devices
 # beware: .e.g "/dev/hd" grants access to _all_ harddisks
-AllowedDevices = /dev/loop, /dev/ubdb, /dev/md_d127
-#AllowedDevices = /dev/
+# (floppy disks are not supported, does anyone still use them?)
+AllowedDevices = /dev/ram, /dev/ubdb, /dev/md_d127
 
 # use separate config partition? (1=yes / 0=no)
 UseConfigPartition = 1

conf-examples/cryptobox.conf

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # comma separated list of possible prefixes for accesible devices
 # beware: .e.g "/dev/hd" grants access to _all_ harddisks
 # take care, that the user 'cryptobox' has write access to these devices
+# (floppy disks are not supported)
 AllowedDevices = /dev/loop, /dev/ubdb
 
 # use separate config partition? (1=yes / 0=no)

src/cryptobox/core/blockdevice.py

@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ LOGGER = logging.getLogger("CryptoBox")
 DEFAULT_SYSBLOCK_DIR = '/sys/block'
 DEFAULT_DEVNODE_DIR = '/dev'
 MINIMUM_STORAGE_SIZE = 10
-MAJOR_DEVNUM_RAM = 1
 MAJOR_DEVNUM_LOOP = 7
+MAJOR_DEVNUM_FLOPPY = 2
 MAJOR_DEVNUM_MD_RAID = 9
 
 ## cache settings
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class Blockdevice:
     def is_valid(self):
         """check if the device is usable and valid
 
-        causes of invalidity: ram device, loop device, removable device
+        causes of invalidity: unused loop device, floppy device
 
         @rtype: boolean
         @return: 'True' for a valid blockdevice
@@ -169,14 +169,12 @@ class Blockdevice:
             major, minor = self.devnum
             if (major == 0) and (minor == 0):
                 return False
-            ## ram devices are ignored
-            if major == MAJOR_DEVNUM_RAM:
-                return False
-            ## loop devices are ignored
+            ## loop devices are ignored, if they are unused
             if (major == MAJOR_DEVNUM_LOOP) and (self.size == 0):
                 return False
-            ## removable devices are ignored (due to long timeouts)
-            if self.is_removable():
+            ## floppy disks are totally ignored
+            ## otherwise we would have a long timeout, while reading the devices
+            if (major == MAJOR_DEVNUM_FLOPPY):
                 return False
         except TypeError:
             return False
@@ -203,10 +201,6 @@ class Blockdevice:
             ## extended partition, unused loop device
             CACHE.set(cache_link, False)
             return False
-        if self.devnum[0] == MAJOR_DEVNUM_RAM:
-            ## ram device
-            CACHE.set(cache_link, False)
-            return False
         ## are we the device mapper of a luks device?
         for slave in self.slaves:
             if get_blockdevice(slave, self.sysblock_dir,