On Monday 14 March 2011 17:32:31 Arno Wagner wrote: > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 04:54:55PM +0100, Maciej Pilichowski wrote: > > On Sunday 13 March 2011 21:22:14 Milan Broz wrote: > > > "plain" mode means directly configured dmcrypt - no metadata > > > on disk. In cryptsetup it is used in "create" command. > > > > Thank you very much for all explanation, I am not crypto guy, so > > I need time to let this info sink in :-) Pity it is not included > > in such detail in man. > > You can find some more info in the FAQ. > > Hmm. Maybe I should add an item "What is the difference > between plain dm-crypt and LUKS mode?". Maybe later today or > some time this week. I think I finally get it :-) -- plain dm-crypt is raw, direct mode (it is up to anybody to interpret the data as she/he/it likes) and LUKS mode is "managed" mode, when the data are flagged they are encrypted, so any 3rd party person/program can detect that fact. Thank you for this clarification. Kind regards, _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
