Re: Key Revocation

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Gavin Wahl schrieb:
> I was reading the LUKS specification and noticed that revoking a user's key
> does nothing to stop them from accessing the encrypted partition if they
> have stored the master key from the partition. Once given access, they can
> decrypt and store the master key, and nothing short of changing the master
> key can prevent future access.

Revoking a key is only useful if a third party has obtained access to a
passphrase, but before that party has had a chance to use the passphrase
and get the master key. Once that has happend, you have to reencrypt
your data, which is not easily possible.


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