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From: "Thomas Bächler" <thomas@archlinux.org>
Cc: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Another corrupt luks header thread
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:36:25 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D35C189.6010003@archlinux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D35B3F0.2070208@ekmark.se>

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Am 18.01.2011 16:38, schrieb Viktor Ekmark:
> Is it possible to restore the LUKS header? If so, how should I proceed?
> I would appreciate any help with this.

If the key slot has been damaged, your data is doomed. If the key slot
is intact, you can probably get the rest of the header from careful
careful reading of the LUKS standard and the data in your luksDump.

> If not, is it possible to recover any data on the volume?

This question amuses me and makes me sad at the same time. You encrypt
your data in order to protect it from unauthorized access. The you loose
your header and wish to bypass that protection - if you could do that,
your encryption would be worthless.


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  reply	other threads:[~2011-01-18 16:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-01-18  9:01 [dm-crypt] From /dev/mapper to the real device Xavier Nicollet
2011-01-18  9:34 ` Milan Broz
2011-01-18 14:25   ` Arno Wagner
2011-01-18 16:31     ` Thomas Bächler
2011-01-18 15:38   ` [dm-crypt] Another corrupt luks header thread Viktor Ekmark
2011-01-18 16:36     ` Thomas Bächler [this message]
2011-01-18 18:54     ` Arno Wagner

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