On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 06:10:08PM +0100, Milan Broz wrote: [...] > Question: Is it good idea to add "wipe" option to cryptsetup luksFormat? > > So it optionally can wipe all the space with random data? > (probably using some fast RNG provided by crypto backend or by > encryption zero data with the same algorithm as in luksFormat > but using one-time random key) > > If so, I'll add this to my todo list. I think it is a good idea. Make sure it can be run quiet and with progress output. 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 dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
