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Hodgins <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">davidwhodgins at gmail.com</A>>: +><i> On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:57:47 -0400, simple w8 <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">simplew8 at gmail.com</A>> wrote: +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> Hi, +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I use sometimes to boo Windows, and if i need some file i use to mount +</I>>><i> my /home encrypted partition using FreeOTFE (or TrueCrypt) to access +</I>>><i> the files i need, but i saw today that the /home partition that was +</I>>><i> created in mageia is not possible to mount with FreeOTFE or TrueCrypt. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> But the /home partition created with mandriva drakdisk can be mounted +</I>>><i> with those 2 applications, so seams that Mageia drakdisk isnt doing +</I>>><i> something right. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> That's likely a result of +</I>><i> <A HREF="https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3092">https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3092</A> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> With the default settings, cryptsetup uses cbc mode encryption, +</I>><i> which makes it much more likely that it can be cracked. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> See <A HREF="http://clemens.endorphin.org/nmihde/nmihde-A4-os.pdf">http://clemens.endorphin.org/nmihde/nmihde-A4-os.pdf</A> +</I>><i> for an explanation of how this is done. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> In Mageia's diskdrake, the setting is overridden to use xts mode, +</I>><i> instead of cbc mode. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> If you prefer to use the less secure method, in order +</I>><i> to keep it compatible with the windows applications, you'll +</I>><i> have to re-encrypt it manually with +</I>><i> cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sd??. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Don't forget to backup the data first, as this will erase that +</I>><i> device. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Regards, Dave Hodgins +</I> +Thanks for the clarification, and was a very good improvement :) + +But i think it would be better to have in diskdrake some option +allowing the user to choose the cypher, since the default cypher used +in cryptsetup and in other apps that support luks, is cbc, and this +way diskdrake is putting it incompatible with remaning apps that +support luks. + +This way the user could be informed about whats happening and also +would have a choice, that would be great and would in fact increase +diskdrake popularity. +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="013286.html">[Mageia-dev] unable to mount encrypted partitions created with drakdisk +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="013349.html">[Mageia-dev] unable to mount encrypted partitions created with drakdisk +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#13288">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#13288">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#13288">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#13288">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |