On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:54:22 +0100 Nick Boyce <n...@glimmer.adsl24.co.uk> wrote:
> On Monday 25 Jun 2012 09:16:23 Claudius Hubig wrote: > > > Nick Boyce <n...@glimmer.adsl24.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > The installer uses 'dm-crypt' to encrypt the drive, rather than the full > > > LUKS system - and 'dm-crypt' generates the encryption key directly from > > > the pass- phrase, rather than storing the encryption key in an on-volume > > > "header" protected by the pass-phrase. > > > > Are you sure about that? I’ve set up quite a few systems and it > > always used LUKS. > > No, I'm not sure - but I picked up that understanding from reading a lot of > forum threads about setting up new systems with encrypted disks. > > I gained the distinct impression that current distribution installers use 'dm- > crypt' for simplicity, and that this is the same as 'cryptsetup' in "plain" > mode as opposed to 'LUKS' mode.. I've done several installs with encryption, and I've always gotten LUKS. > Now that I've been reading more in-depth history of Linux filesystem crypto > tools, I think the problem is that quite a lot of the documentation out there > is old, obsolete and misleading :) That's for sure. Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120626154828.d7e8e36f.cele...@gmail.com
