[dm-crypt] version compatibility

[dm-crypt] version compatibility

[fhdata]

Greetings,

I have a simple question.

Is cryptsetup  1.2.x backward compatible with cryptsetup 1.0.3.x ?

e.g. devices can be encrypted/decrypted back and forth between the two 
versions?

Thanks,
F-

Re: [dm-crypt] version compatibility

[Arno Wagner]

See first FAQ item in section 8.

Arno


On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 04:15:42PM -0600, fhdata wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I have a simple question.
> 
> Is cryptsetup  1.2.x backward compatible with cryptsetup 1.0.3.x ?
> 
> e.g. devices can be encrypted/decrypted back and forth between the
> two versions?
> 
> Thanks,
> F-
> 
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