Re: [Feature request] Support for "raw" key slots

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At Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:36:09 +0200,
Thomas Bächler wrote:

> The iterated hashing process used in LUKS' key slots is useful for
> (potentially weak) passphrases. However, it is useless if the key slot is
> locked with a cryptographically strong key file (like a file created from
> /dev/random).

There's an option "--iter-time" where you can specify/reduce the iteration
count. It's main purpose is well to slow down bruteforce attacks.
Don't know if it's that what you're after.

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