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On 27.10.2010, Rick Moritz wrote: 

> Considering the amount of traffic on the list regarding issues like this,
> maybe future versions of dm-crypt should issue an annoying warning when
> creating LUKS-format mapped devices, about how a backup of the header is
> STRONGLY recommended

No, it's not. Read the FAQ, especially item nr.2 and the answer
from Clemens:

http://www.saout.de/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=LUKSFaq