From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.saout.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.saout.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id WjUEt_9N1smq for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:51:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-wg0-f44.google.com (mail-wg0-f44.google.com [74.125.82.44]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.saout.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:51:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: by wgbdr13 with SMTP id dr13so506082wgb.1 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:51:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <50594F83.4040908@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:52:19 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Javier_Juan_Mart=EDnez_Cabez=F3n?= MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20120823090049.GB14639@Latty> <20120823112728.GA20834@tansi.org> <20120823151025.GM14639@Latty> <20120823160728.GA26979@tansi.org> <5036729B.1060905@gmail.com> <20120823193415.GA31534@tansi.org> <50378927.7090508@gmail.com> <20120824144028.GB2407@fancy-poultry.org> <20120824151439.GA30694@tansi.org> <20120905130125.GB11942@tansi.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Encrypt all partitions with dm-crypt List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de On 19/09/12 06:15, Two Spirit wrote: > I'm interested in knowing what are some of the trade offs of using the LUKS > header v not using the LUKS header.Since I assume the content of the > encrypted data is secure, it doesn't matter if someone knows the data is > encrypted and has a header and the header only helps in recovery, so I'm > not quite seeing what would be an advantage of not using LUKS, but from the > email below, there seems to be some reason. > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 6:01 AM, Arno Wagner wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 08:21:36AM +0400, Stayvoid wrote: >>> Hello there, >>> >>> Let's move back to the initial questions... >>> >>> I'd like to use a plain version of dm-crypt because it doesn't >>> store a header on a disk. (Yes, I know that LUKS is a recommended >>> way, but I've already made my choice.) >> >> That is fine. I am doing the same in some places. >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@saout.de > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt Please check tha FAQ's