encrypted root filesystems on servers

The one problem I have with my server at home now seems to have a fix.

The server has a standard encrypted root, as configured by debian-installer. The issue with this is that after booting I need to go to the console and enter the LUKS password. As I do almost everything remotely this is a pain.

However C'T published a nice article a while ago on how to solve this. The short story is that you install a custom initrd plugin that starts dropbear and waits for the password on the console or via ssh.

Now to install and test this...