On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 06:03:56PM +0200, Milan Broz wrote: > Hi all, > > as you probably noticed from the email subject, new testing > release of cryptsetup is now available. > > This release is intended for testing, please report all problems > to properly fix them before stable release, thanks. > > The main change is that cryptsetup releases are now maintained > with help of Red Hat device-mapper/lvm developers (probably mostly > me for now:-). Good news! If there are ever any questions about the crypto, I am willing to help. I have some small experience in that area. Arno > Thanks Clemens Fruhwirth for agreement on this. > > Project page, mailing list and basically everything remains > the same: > > - see http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/ for new releases > > - use dm-crypt mailing list for reporting bugs > (you can also use dm-devel list, Issues on project page, > or Red Hat bugzilla to report problems) > > Thanks to Clemens for his great work on LUKS and cryptsetup! > > > Cryptsetup 1.0.7-rc1 Release Notes > ================================== > > The first cryptsetup 1.0.7-rc1 release candidate is available at > > http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/ > > Feedback and bug reports are welcomed. > > > Changes since 1.0.6 > ------------------- > [committer name] > > * Various man page fixes. Also merged some Debian/Ubuntu man page > fixes. (thanks to Martin Pitt) [Milan Broz] > > * Set UUID in device-mapper for LUKS devices. [Milan Broz] > > * Retain readahead of underlying device. [Milan Broz] > > * Display device name when asking for password. (thanks to Till > Maas) [Milan Broz] > > * Check device size when loading LUKS header. Remove misleading > error message later. [Milan Broz] > > * Add error hint if dm-crypt mapping failed. (Key size and kernel > version check for XTS and LRW mode for now.) [Milan Broz] > > * Use better error messages if device doesn't exist or is already > used by other mapping. [Milan Broz] > > * Fix make distcheck. (thanks to Mike Kelly) [Milan Broz] > > * Check if all slots are full during luksAddKey. [Clemens Fruhwirth] > > * Fix segfault in set_error (thanks to Oliver Metz). [Clemens Fruhwirth] > > * Remove precompiled pot files. Fix uninitialized return value > variable in setup.c. [Clemens Fruhwirth] > > * Code cleanups. (thanks to Ivan Stankovic) [Clemens Fruhwirth] > > * Remove unnecessary files from po directory. They will be > regenerated by autogen.sh. [Clemens Fruhwirth] > > * Fix wrong output for remaining key at key deletion. Allow deletion > of key slot while other keys have the same key information. [Clemens > Fruhwirth] > > * Add missing AM_PROG_CC_C_O to configure.in [Milan Broz] > > * Remove duplicate sentence in man page (thanks to Till Maas). > [Milan Broz] > > * Wipe start of device (possible fs signature) before > LUKS-formatting. [Milan Broz] > > * Do not process configure.in in hidden directories. [Milan Broz] > > * Return more descriptive error in case of IO or header format > error. [Milan Broz] > > * Use remapping to error target instead of calling udevsettle > for temporary crypt device. [Milan Broz] > > * Check device mapper communication and warn user in case the > communication fails. (thanks to Milan Broz) [Clemens Fruhwirth] > > * Fix signal handler to proper close device. (thanks to Milan Broz) > [Clemens Fruhwirth] > > * write_lseek_blockwise: declare innerCount outside the if block, > add -Wall to the default CFLAGS, * fix some signedness issues > (thanks to Ivan Stankovic) [Clemens Fruhwirth] > > * Error handling improvement. (thanks to Erik Edin) [Clemens Fruhwirth] > > * Add non-exclusive override to interface definition. [Clemens > Fruhwirth] > > * Refactor key slot selection into keyslot_from_option. Either > autoselect next free keyslot or honor user choice (after checking). > [Clemens Fruhwirth] > > Milan > -- > mbroz@xxxxxxxxxx (gmazyland nick on cryptsetup project pages) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- 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
