On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 07:30:13PM +0100, Jan Reusch wrote: > Arno Wagner schrieb: > > The LUKS keys span those 8MB or so at maximum. But only if you actually > > have keys. Without them, there is only the ~600 Bytes header AFAIK. > hmmm i would say the size is always the same, it only depends on the > bitsize of the encryption key and doesn't change over time. (would be > bad if it does so ;) ) The size is the same, but I think the space is not cleared bevore you actually create keys. Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans If it's in the news, don't worry about it. The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." -- Bruce Schneier --------------------------------------------------------------------- dm-crypt mailing list - http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: dm-crypt-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: dm-crypt-help@xxxxxxxx