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From: Lamy Geier <lamyergeier@gmail.com>
To: cryptsetup@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Frequency of backup of headers for LUKS1 and LUKS2
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 12:06:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <152dd874-c1ae-8190-9878-e69cada4edab@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5b560ee4-2813-6aa5-484d-1754e118bb90@gmail.com>

Given that I won't add or remove any key from header key slot, or I 
won't re-encrypt (i.e. change the master key), how often do I need to 
backup the LUKS1 and LUKS2 header? Is doing the backup once enough and 
making sure that the backup is not corrupted?

Are there any other situation where one needs to backup the headers of 
LUKS1 and LUKS2 more often?

I was wondering if the contents of header changes in any other way, that 
requires backup, if it affects restore possibility.

Thanks and Regards

Lamy

  reply	other threads:[~2022-11-21 11:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-21  8:42 Single User (single or multiple keyslots with similar or different passphrase) Lamy Geier
2022-11-21 11:06 ` Lamy Geier [this message]
2022-11-21 13:24   ` Frequency of backup of headers for LUKS1 and LUKS2 Arno Wagner
2022-11-21 13:26 ` Single User (single or multiple keyslots with similar or different passphrase) Arno Wagner

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