From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from arnowagner.info (mail.tansi.org [84.19.178.47]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 468457C for ; Wed, 7 Jun 2023 03:36:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gatewagner.dyndns.org (81-6-44-245.init7.net [81.6.44.245]) by v1.tansi.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 41F971401A5; Wed, 7 Jun 2023 05:30:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: by gatewagner.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8DFD617A45F; Wed, 7 Jun 2023 05:30:38 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 05:30:38 +0200 From: Arno Wagner To: cryptsetup@lists.linux.dev Cc: bugcounterism@malbolge.net Subject: Re: Wiping disk vs. initializing container Message-ID: <20230607033038.GA26586@tansi.org> Reply-To: Arno Wagner References: <20230606230850.630aa048@moon> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: cryptsetup@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20230606230850.630aa048@moon> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) If it is crypto-grade randomness, yes. But note that Section 5.3 may still be faster. Regards, Arno On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 23:08:50 CEST, bugcounterism@malbolge.net wrote: > Hi there, > > does overwriting an entire hard disk with random data before setting up > encryption make initializing a LUKS container (as described in section > 5.3 of the FAQ) obsolete? > > > Thanks > Michael > -- 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