Re: Plain dm-crypt

2016-02-12 Thread Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
On 27.10.2015 12:15, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko > wrote: >> There are patches for it but they will not be integrated as plain dm-crypt >> has no advantages compared to LUKS and cannot be configured reliably when >> device names change a

Re: Plain dm-crypt

2015-10-30 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On Thu 2015-10-29 13:46:42 -0400, christopher.to...@riseup.net wrote: > No, since I type the line in manually every time, it is not located > anywhere for it to be discovered and need denying. I know my system very > well. I know if I put one USB drive into a slot, it will be named > (USB0). If

Re: Plain dm-crypt

2015-10-29 Thread christopher . toews
On 2015-10-29 08:49, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: -a already means "all". Having to indicate usb0 manually is already a proof that you have an unmarked cryptocontainer. Moreover this line exactly illustrates my point: what is usb0 depends on other plugged device and even his fast they are

Re: Plain dm-crypt

2015-10-29 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
On 29 Oct 2015 6:24 am, wrote: > > Actually, plain dm-crypt has one distinct advantage to LUKS, and that is one of plausible deniability. In some countries, you can be court-ordered to decrypt the contents of a device if it can be proven that encrypted contents exist. With LUKS, there is no denyin

Re: Plain dm-crypt

2015-10-28 Thread christopher . toews
Actually, plain dm-crypt has one distinct advantage to LUKS, and that is one of plausible deniability. In some countries, you can be court-ordered to decrypt the contents of a device if it can be proven that encrypted contents exist. With LUKS, there is no denying it; with plain dm-crypt and it

Re: Plain dm-crypt

2015-10-27 Thread Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
There are patches for it but they will not be integrated as plain dm-crypt has no advantages compared to LUKS and cannot be configured reliably when device names change as they have no UUID Le 27 oct. 2015 8:20 AM, a écrit : > Hello; > I apologize if this question has already been asked. A web se

Re: Plain dm-crypt

2015-10-27 Thread Andrei Borzenkov
On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > There are patches for it but they will not be integrated as plain dm-crypt > has no advantages compared to LUKS and cannot be configured reliably when > device names change as they have no UUID > Still there is real demand. I