On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 14:47:05 CET, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > > On Tue, 2014-01-28 at 17:58 +0100, Milan Broz wrote: > > On 01/27/2014 10:12 PM, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > > > On Mon, 2014-01-27 at 21:41 +0100, Milan Broz wrote: > > >> "Encrypted disk partition (LUKS, dm-crypt, TrueCrypt, loop-AES or similar)" > > >> With GUID generated (without doubt by properly seeded Christoph's RNG ;-) > > >> ca7d7ccb-63ed-4c53-861c-1742536059cc > > > > > > I think at most we should say: > > > LUKS or rather even > > > LUKS = ca7d7ccb-63ed-4c53-861c-1742536059cc > > > dm-crypt = 7ffec5c9-2d00-49b7-8941-3ea10a5586b7 > > > ... but especially not mix TC and loop-AES together, since dm-crypt is > > > not the upstream for them... > > > > My idea was just to use one generic encrypted partition marking, whatever > > format it is... > Well I don't like the idea of having such kind of wildcard/group types a > lot... since it pretty much contradicts the idea of partition types, > IMHO. > Having something like "Linux Filesystem" is pretty much useless, since > then again you don't know what it actually is (even though that is of > course just a hint, and no guarantee). > > > But really, who cares? :) > Well I think that especially for plain dm-crypt it could be helpful for > tools/etc. to recognise the partition as an encrypted one, which is > otherwise not really possible. > > > I pushed forward these "definitions" to: > - English Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GUID_Partition_Table&diff=592830774&oldid=592521574 > - German Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GUID_Partition_Table&diff=126967660&oldid=126000138 > - GPT fdisk: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=31895963 > - util-linux fdisk: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.utilities.util-linux-ng/8436 > - GNU parted: <wrote to their list but either it's broken or I don't know...> > > Arno, could you add that perhaps to the FAQ? Stating though that right > now it's not really used and probably never will. Good idea. Maybe I should add a "Technical Details" section to the FAQ. This could be the start and some things, like the on-disk format, would be better grouped there anyways. Will think about it on the weekend. Arno > > Cheers, > Chris. > > _______________________________________________ > dm-crypt mailing list > dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx > http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: CB5D9718 FP: 12D6 C03B 1B30 33BB 13CF B774 E35C 5FA1 CB5D 9718 ---- A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. - Plato ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., Email: arno@xxxxxxxxxxx GnuPG: ID: CB5D9718 FP: 12D6 C03B 1B30 33BB 13CF B774 E35C 5FA1 CB5D 9718 ---- A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. - Plato _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
