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From: Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name>
To: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Extract master key from running system
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:42:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110730184257.GA4529@tansi.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E310C39.7090200@redhat.com>

I just added a link to the script by Milan and
an explanation on how to do this manually to the
FAQ.

Arno


On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:14:01AM +0200, Milan Broz wrote:
> On 07/28/2011 07:04 AM, Arno Wagner wrote:
> > I have to admit that there is no info in the FAQ because when I wrote 
> > that I did not have time to find out. In the mean time I have had
> > an opportunity to do so, so I should probably update the FAQ. First, 
> > I think trying to dump will not create additional damage. Here is what 
> > works on my machine:
> > 
> >  cryptsetup luksDump --dump-master-key 
> 
> For luksDump you need valid LUKS header.
> 
> btw I added script which tries to extract master key automatically
> fro active device and prepares cryptsetup parameters.
> 
> http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/source/browse/trunk/misc/luks-header-from-active
> 
> The steps there are quite straightforward.
> 
> Milan
> 
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      reply	other threads:[~2011-07-30 18:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-28  3:07 [dm-crypt] Extract master key from running system Brian
2011-07-28  5:04 ` Arno Wagner
2011-07-28  7:14   ` Milan Broz
2011-07-30 18:42     ` Arno Wagner [this message]

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