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From: Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth <leo@strike.wu.ac.at>
To: Arno Wagner <arno@wagner.name>
Cc: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] migrate luks key-slots to another luks container
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:51:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50F712D8.801@strike.wu.ac.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130116201455.GB9508@tansi.org>

Am 16.01.2013 21:14, schrieb Arno Wagner:
> Any reason why you want to change the cipher? After all, you can
> not enlarge the key and keep the keyslots.
>
> As to size, just enlarge the partition. Offset, I don't know,
> but if you do not need to keep any data, just changing the
> repective fiels in the header should do it. But is there really
> any reason to change the offset?

The motivation behind this is because I'd like to migrate the data to 
another system using a different raid layout.
To ensure correct data alignment with the new stripe size, I need to 
change the payload-offset using --align-payload.
Besides, I'd like to change cipher from aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 to 
aes-xts-plain. (Key size is 256 bit on both.)

The source system is currently mounted, so my plan is to create a new 
luks container (preferrably using the same keyslots) and then just rsync 
the data.

Cheers,
--leo

> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 08:57:47PM +0100, Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth wrote:
>> Am 16.01.2013 19:50, schrieb .. ink ..:
>>>     Is it possible to move the passphrases from one luks container to a new
>>>     one with different cipher, size and payload offset? (There is currently
>>>     no data on the new container, I just want to keep the old passphrases.)
>>>
>>> any reason why you dont want to just add those old passphrases to the
>>> new container using "luksAddKey"?
>>
>> I'd like to transfer the key-slots so that the same passphrases can
>> be used to unlock them.
>> I don't know the passphrases. (Just one of them.)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> --leo
>> --
>> e-mail   ::: Leo.Bergolth (at) wu.ac.at
>> fax      ::: +43-1-31336-906050
>> location ::: IT-Services | Vienna University of Economics | Austria
>>
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e-mail   ::: Leo.Bergolth (at) wu.ac.at
fax      ::: +43-1-31336-906050
location ::: IT-Services | Vienna University of Economics | Austria

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-01-16 20:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-16 18:34 [dm-crypt] migrate luks key-slots to another luks container Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth
2013-01-16 18:50 ` .. ink ..
2013-01-16 19:57   ` Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth
2013-01-16 20:05     ` Milan Broz
2013-01-16 20:14     ` Arno Wagner
2013-01-16 20:19       ` Arno Wagner
2013-01-16 20:33         ` Milan Broz
2013-01-16 20:51       ` Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth [this message]
2013-01-16 21:08         ` Arno Wagner
2013-01-16 21:29           ` Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth
2013-01-16 21:54             ` Arno Wagner

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