The first cryptsetup 1.3.0-rc1 release candidate is available at http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/ Feedback and bug reports are welcomed. p.s. Please let me know if you tested crypto backend support or loop-AES compatibility mode (and report problems, if there is any:-) Thanks, Milan Cryptsetup 1.3.0 (rc1) Release Notes ==================================== Changes since version 1.2.0 Important changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Several userspace crypto backends support cryptsetup now supports generic crypto backend interface which allows compile package with various crypto libraries, these are already implemented: * gcrypt (default, used in previous versions) * OpenSSL * NSS (because of missing ripemd160 it cannot provide full backward compatibility) * kernel userspace API (provided by kernel 2.6.38 and above) (Note that kernel userspace backend is very slow for this type of operation. But it can be usefull for embedded systems, because you can avoid userspace crypto library completely.) Backend is selected during configure time, using --with-crypto_backend option. configure --with-crypto_backend=BACKEND (gcrypt/openssl/nss/kernel) [gcrypt] Note that performance checked (iterations) in LUKS header will cause that real iteration time will differ with different backends. (There are huge differences in speed between libraries.) * Cryptsetup now automatically allocates loopback device (/dev/loop) if device argument is file and not plain device. This require Linux kernel 2.6.25 and above (which implements loop autoclear flag). You can see backing file in cryptsetup status output if underlying device is loopback. * Adds luksChangeKey command cryptestup luksChangeKey --key-file <old keyfile> <new keyfile> [--key-slot X] cryptestup luksChangeKey [--key-slot X] (for passphrase change) This command allows passphrase/keyfile change in one step. If no key slot is specified (and there is still free key slot on device) new slot is allocated before the old is purged. If --key-slot option is specified (or there is no free slot) command will overwrite existing slot. WARNING: Be sure you have another slot active or header backup when using explicit key slot (so you can unlock the device even after possible media failure). * Adds compatible support for loop-AES encryption type in loopaesOpen command. Linux dm-crypt in 2.6.38 and above supports loop-AES compatible mapping (including multi-key and special CBC mode, all three modes are supported). If you have raw loop-AES keyfile (text file with uuencoded per-line keys), you can access loop-AES volume using cryptsetup loopaesOpen <device> <name> [--key-size 128] --key-file <key-file> If you are using GPG encrypted keyfile gpg --decrypt <key-file> | cryptsetup loopaesOpen --key-file=- <device> <name> Do not forget to specify key size. Other ciphers than AES should work but were not tested. Version and hash is automatically detected according to number of lines in key file. Please note that loopAES dm-crypt mode is provided for compatibility reasons (so you do not need to patch kernel and util-linux to map existing volumes) but is is not, and never will be, optimized for speed. It is experimental feature for now. * WARNING: This is the last cryptsetup release which supports library with old API (using struct crypt_options). These calls are deprecated since 1.1.0 and AFAIK no application is using it in recent distros. Removing compatible code will allow new features to be implemented easily. Other changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Increase libcryptsetup version (loopAES change), still fully backward compatible. * Fixes static build (--disable-static-cryptsetup now works properly). * Supports secure data flag for device-mapper iotcl (will be in 2.6.39, forcing kernel to wipe all ioctl buffers with possible key data). To enable this flag you need new device-mapper library, in LVM2 2.02.84. * Add copyright texts into some files and adds GPL exception allowing to distribute resulting binaries linked with OpenSSL. * Update FAQ. * Fix message when locking memory fails. * Fix luksAddKey return code if master key is used. * Update some text files in distributions. * Add docs directory with Release Notes archive. * Do not hardcode loopback device name in tests, use internal loopback library. _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
