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From: Robert Nichols <rnicholsNOSPAM@comcast.net>
To: dm-crypt@saout.de
Subject: Re: [dm-crypt] expanding encrypted volume/growing the volume
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 20:59:03 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <luob98$vk5$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140909215203.GG26856@markov.biostat.ucsf.edu>

On 09/09/2014 04:52 PM, Ross Boylan wrote:
>   The FAQ advises wipeing it, though the
> only explicit reasons seem not much of a concern for space in a volume
> group (but later there are references to attacks available if the
> attacker can determine which sectors are unused).  As far as I know
> there is no way to access the unused area of the volume group ...

Easy.  Create a new LV in that VG and use "--extents 100%FREE" as
its size.  Fill that LV with whatever variety of random data you
choose, then delete that LV and use the space to expand your active
LV.

-- 
Bob Nichols     "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address.
                 Do NOT delete it.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-09-10  2:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-09 21:52 [dm-crypt] expanding encrypted volume/growing the volume Ross Boylan
2014-09-09 23:50 ` Arno Wagner
2014-09-10  3:23   ` Ross Boylan
2014-09-10  4:30     ` Ross Boylan
2014-09-10  5:16       ` Arno Wagner
2014-09-10  8:16         ` Ross Boylan
2014-09-10  9:42           ` Arno Wagner
2014-09-10  1:59 ` Robert Nichols [this message]
2014-09-10  3:31   ` Ross Boylan
2014-09-10 13:25     ` Robert Nichols
2014-09-10 20:36       ` Ross Boylan
2014-09-10 22:44         ` Robert Nichols
2014-09-10 22:52           ` Robert Nichols
2014-09-10 23:47             ` Ross Boylan
2014-09-11  4:00               ` Robert Nichols

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