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 pQJYXN3H3t1O for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:26:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from v6.tansi.org (unknown [87.118.116.4]) by mail.saout.de (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:26:42 +0200 (CEST) Received: from gatewagner.dyndns.org (84-72-142-22.dclient.hispeed.ch [84.72.142.22]) by v6.tansi.org (Postfix) with ESMTPA id A213120DC250 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:26:42 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:26:42 +0200 From: Arno Wagner Message-ID: <20130426182642.GA6301@tansi.org> References: <51792BC6.7030602@riseup.net> <20130426141405.GA3188@tansi.org> <517AB15F.6090201@riseup.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <517AB15F.6090201@riseup.net> Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] not a valid LUKS device List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: dm-crypt@saout.de On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 01:54:55PM -0300, Hugo wrote: > On 04/26/2013 11:14 AM, Arno Wagner wrote: > >> What is your opinion on this? > > > > Well, it is difficult to see what this bug really does, but > > if it really overwrites the first sector, then the salts > > in the LUKS header are gone and there is no way to recover > > from that without a header backup. > Sure, as expected. I will reformat that so.. :( > > > > > It seems Ubuntu still does not understand how to keep its > > fingers off existing LUKS partitions. I recommend you complain > > to them. > > I am trying.. But as I understand, it is seen by them as low priority > and who is interested in things out of the mainstream should achieve by > themselves. Not nice :-/ > Thanks Arno! No problem. Arno -- 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 ---- There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult. --Tony Hoare