Christoph Anton Mitterer <christoph.anton.mitterer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've always thought the master key is stored in encrypted form in the > key-slots. > And the key derived by the passphrase/key-file via PBKDF2 is used as key > for the encryption of that? Yes, of course. regards Mario -- Unfortunately, the chip vendors have delayed the availability of the long-promised crystal-ball peripherals yet again, forcing the governor code to rely on heuristics; once again, software must make up for deficiencies in the hardware. -- Jonathan Corbet, LWN _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt