Package: cryptsetup Version: 2:1.3.0-3 Severity: important File: cryptdisks
hi 'cryptdisks' eases the use of crypted swap partitions, the instructions in /usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/README.Debian.gz are very easy; but there is an intrinsic danger. Indeed, if there is a line such as cswap1 /dev/sdaXX /dev/urandom swap,cipher=aes-cbc-essiv:sha256,size=256,hash=sha256 in /etc/crypttab, then , at boot, the OS will happily overwrite whatever is contained in /dev/sdaXX . So if for any reason the partion /dev/sdaXX , after a reboot, points to a different partition/disk, it will be wiped out. (This does happen sometimes: when the user repartitions the disk, or has many disks and swaps them, or the BIOS discover them in different order). I tried to use cswap1 UUID=.... /dev/urandom swap,cipher=aes-cbc-essiv:sha256,size=256,hash=sha256 but it works only once, the UUID is destroyed during use a. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=it_IT.utf8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages cryptsetup depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.41 ii dmsetup 2:1.02.67-2 ii libc6 2.13-21 ii libcryptsetup1 2:1.3.0-3 ii libpopt0 1.16-1 cryptsetup recommends no packages. Versions of packages cryptsetup suggests: ii busybox 1:1.19.3-4 ii dosfstools 3.0.12-1 ii initramfs-tools [linux-initramfs-tool] 0.99 ii liblocale-gettext-perl 1.05-7+b1 ii udev 175-3 -- debconf information excluded -- Andrea Mennucc "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Tonino Carotone) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
