From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from v6.tansi.org (ns.km31936-01.keymachine.de [87.118.116.4]) by mail.server123.net (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2015 07:23:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from gatewagner.dyndns.org (77-57-54-224.dclient.hispeed.ch [77.57.54.224]) by v6.tansi.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D56BE20DC530 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2015 07:23:18 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 07:23:18 +0100 From: Arno Wagner Message-ID: <20151223062318.GA28898@tansi.org> References: <567953A8.9020903@gmail.com> <20151223043004.GD27503@tansi.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Variable data offset for a LUKS volume that uses a detached header. List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de Hmm. What about actually shifting the partition contents physically? Or maybe have a dummy-LUKS device, open that, read the master-key (see FAQ Item 6.10 ) close it again, and use that master-key on a plain device? This is probably far to complex, but could serve for experiments. Regards, Arno On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 07:15:37 CET, .. ink .. wrote: > > Maybe the --skip option will help here? > > > > The option is not available with LUKS volumes and the following error > message is produced when it is used when unlocking a LUKS volume: > > cryptsetup: Option --skip is supported only for open of plain and > loopaes devices. > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@saout.de > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@wagner.name GnuPG: ID: CB5D9718 FP: 12D6 C03B 1B30 33BB 13CF B774 E35C 5FA1 CB5D 9718 ---- A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. -- Plato If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier