"create" is plain dm-crypt, luskFormat is creation of a LUKS header. I suspect the reason is historical, as these are two different encryption systems. Arno On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:45:40PM +0100, Stefan Xenon wrote: > Hi! > In the man page for cryptsetup is written regarding the option --key-size : > > "Can be used for create or luksFormat, all > other LUKS actions will ignore this flag, as the key-size is > specified by the partition header. Default is 128 for luksFormat > and 256 for create." > > I am wondering what is the reason for two different default key sizes? > > Thanks > Stefan > > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > -- 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 dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
