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Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] LUKS and LVM
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On 02/18/11 13:07, Arno Wagner wrote:
> (I use plain dm-crypt
>>> with a random password and overwrite with conventional,
>>> mt19997-generated randomness).


Why use random data to overwrite? Shouldn't /dev/zero be enough since
the crypto should produce good randomness on disk?

nick
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