From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@redhat.com>
To: Rehan Iftikhar <rehan.iftikhar@gmail.com>
Cc: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Reading the serial number of an HDD encrypted with dm-crypt
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 16:36:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170623153624.GB32545@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJsxe3P87Pt4ghyjnR+e42e+dgPVKshVQ-r7oV+cqyk5RfmOQg@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 07:01:28AM -0700, Rehan Iftikhar wrote:
> Hello
>
> if I plug in an HDD that is encrypted with dm-crypt should I be able to use
> tools like lsblk or udevadm to get the HDD's manufacturers serial number
> *before* I decrypt the device?
Yes, you can easily get the hardware serial number. LUKS only protects
the disk sectors - the serial number is accessed via SCSI commands and
so not affected by disk sector encryption.
Regards,
Daniel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-23 15:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-23 14:01 [dm-crypt] Reading the serial number of an HDD encrypted with dm-crypt Rehan Iftikhar
2017-06-23 15:36 ` Daniel P. Berrange [this message]
2017-06-23 15:58 ` Michael Kjörling
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