Thank you. I also found this http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.device-mapper.dm-crypt/3357/focus=3358. Regards Falko On 22.01.2014 00:56, Claudio Moretti wrote: > (sorry, hit the wrong button) > > It was proposed in a brainstorming session[1] in 2008, but AFAIK it's never been > implemented. > > I also found this[2] in which Milan said it's possible by creating LUKS over a > LUKS device, but it's hell in terms of performance and you need to open every > single device by itself (e.g. for aes-serpent-twofish you'd have to issue 3 > separate luksOpen commands). > > Since it creates performance issues, it might be best for you to create a regular > LUKS device for - say your root filesystem and then, if you need it and your OS > supports it, you can try > > a) using /etc/crypttab to "luksOpen" a part of that already encrypted partition (I > haven't tried, but it might be possible), or > b) use Truecrypt to unlock encrypted files you keep somewhere. > > Cheers, > > Claudio > > [1] http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/wiki/LUKSSpec20BrainStorming#Cascade_Ciphers > [2] http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.device-mapper.dm-crypt/3020 > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 11:50 PM, Claudio Moretti <flyingstar16@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:flyingstar16@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > It was proposed in a brainstorming session[1] > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Falko <fb1729@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:fb1729@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Hey there, > > I was wondering how I set up cascading encryption like in Truecrypt (e.g. > aes-twofish or even twofish-serpent-aes...). I tried this: cryptsetup -v -c > serpent-twofish-xts-plain64 -s 512 -h sha512 --verify-passphrase -y > --use-random > luksFormat /dev/sdx which, of course, didn't work :o). I couldn't find > anything in > the man or internet either - only that it should be possible :o). > > Thanks > > Kind regards > > fb > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx <mailto:dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx> > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt > > > _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
