From: Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name>
To: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] passfrase or dev_random for keyfile of a dmcrypt_swap
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:54:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100419165458.GA27932@tansi.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100419163745.C906144B6C@ws5-1.us4.outblaze.com>
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 05:37:45PM +0100, Si St wrote:
> What should be recommended:
>
> To apply either /dev/random or a passfrase for the establishment of a
> keyfile to a swap partition?
Allways /dev/random, unless you have a low-entropy scenario,
in which you may have to combine it with a stored and updated
seed.
> I am thinking about a potential crash and the consequences if the swap
> partition has to be used for rebuild of something. Then a /dev/random or
> if necessary /dev/urandom would not be so good.
The swap partition is not used in reconstructing things under
Linux.
Arno
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-19 16:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-19 16:37 [dm-crypt] passfrase or dev_random for keyfile of a dmcrypt_swap Si St
2010-04-19 16:54 ` Arno Wagner [this message]
2010-04-19 19:01 ` Heinz Diehl
2010-04-20 5:41 ` Luca Berra
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2010-04-20 14:15 Si St
2010-04-20 15:15 ` Arno Wagner
2010-04-21 8:34 ` Heinz Diehl
2010-04-21 9:06 ` Jonas Meurer
2010-04-20 18:06 Si St
2010-04-20 19:14 ` Arno Wagner
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