On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 16:39:48 CET, .. ink .. wrote: [...] > >> Reason for doing this is an attempt at having a detached LUKS header > >> capable of unlocking a VeraCrypt volume since > >> unlocking a VeraCrypt volume takes too long and its annoying. > > > > Oh, yes. I did complain to them, never got an answer. I plan > > to move my Windows machine back to the last Truecrypt, since > > the one known vulnerability seems not to affect single-user > > machines anyways. > > > > Recent versions of VeraCrypt has an option to default to TrueCrypt > volumes when unlocking > and hence you can use it the same way you use TrueCrypt and because of this,i > think its better to continue to use VeraCrypt with the option set to > use it as if its TrueCrypt. > > You can set the option at: menu->settings->preferences->mount > options->TrueCrypt mode. I agree. Thanks for the info, will try that. > > Currently I am attaching 8 zeros to the pasphrase, so I can unlock > > my high-entropy passhrase with iteration 10 and not wait 70 seconds > > in VeraCrypt. Somebody there really has no clue why usability is > > important and that users should be able to ovverride most things. > > They may just know more than the developers about their application > > scenario... > > > > zuluCrypt can create VeraCrypt volumes with a PIM value of 1 and a > blank password as minimum > requirements. Also good to know. I think I will make it easier on me and just decrypt, then recrypt with TrueCrypt and use VeraCrypt on that volume. Takes longer but is 5 minutes of actuial work. > > > Does anybody know what the status of CipherShed and TCnext is and > > whether they have more of a clue? > > > > I peek at their mailing lists at a rate of about once a month and i do > not think they are going > anywhere anytime soon[1]. That was my impression as well. Maybe in a year or two they will have something. Regards, Arno -- 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 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
