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From: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com>
To: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] Extract master key from running system
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:14:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E310C39.7090200@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110728050428.GA5441@tansi.org>

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

  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-28  7:14 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 [this message]
2011-07-30 18:42     ` Arno Wagner

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