[arch-projects] [initscripts][PATCH] crypttab: warn if using passphrase in /etc/crypttab
There is no reason not to use a keyfile, and allowing literal passphrases
in crypttab has caused issues with the parsing in the past. Furthermore,
it is not supported by any other crypttab implementation (to the best of my
knowledge). The use of keyfiles have been the recomendation in /etc/crypttab
for as long as I can remember.
We are looking at refactoring the encryption support, and I think it makes
sense to drop support for this when we move to the new implementation.
Cc: Thomas B�chler
Am 17.03.2012 13:54, schrieb Tom Gundersen:
There is no reason not to use a keyfile, and allowing literal passphrases in crypttab has caused issues with the parsing in the past. Furthermore, it is not supported by any other crypttab implementation (to the best of my knowledge). The use of keyfiles have been the recomendation in /etc/crypttab for as long as I can remember.
We are looking at refactoring the encryption support, and I think it makes sense to drop support for this when we move to the new implementation.
There's some special considerations when using keyfiles: cryptsetup strips the trailing newline from passphrases, but not from keyfiles. When using your passphrase from a keyfile, you need to make sure you put it in there without a trailing newline. Or (if you use LUKS), you can add any keyfile as a new keyslot.
On 03/17/2012 10:36 AM, Thomas Bächler wrote:
Am 17.03.2012 13:54, schrieb Tom Gundersen:
There is no reason not to use a keyfile, and allowing literal passphrases in crypttab has caused issues with the parsing in the past. Furthermore, it is not supported by any other crypttab implementation (to the best of my knowledge). The use of keyfiles have been the recomendation in /etc/crypttab for as long as I can remember.
We are looking at refactoring the encryption support, and I think it makes sense to drop support for this when we move to the new implementation.
There's some special considerations when using keyfiles:
cryptsetup strips the trailing newline from passphrases, but not from keyfiles. When using your passphrase from a keyfile, you need to make sure you put it in there without a trailing newline. Or (if you use LUKS), you can add any keyfile as a new keyslot.
The Debian manpage just gives a warning. Systemd doesn't do anything about this. There could just be a warning with instructions on how to remove the newline.
participants (3)
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Matthew Monaco
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Thomas Bächler
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Tom Gundersen