Re: Two questions

Michael Kjörling <michael-/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel.device-mapper.dm-crypt
Message-ID <bzq3zjbmwbcxtmv4zg9sw47w@localhost>
On 13 Nov 2019 15:15 +0000, from [email protected]:
> 	2) Are there security implications of using a single detached header
> with multiple encrypted volumes? 

Yes; it implies that the two volumes are encrypted using the same
master key (as well as being accessible using the same set of
passphrases), _and_ it makes it obvious that this is the case.

Whether that's a problem _in practice_ is another matter. It's
possible that in your scenario that's unproblematic, but it would be
nearly impossible to tell from just a single-sentence question.

For the general case, I would definitely very strongly suggest to have
different headers, with different master keys, even if the passphrases
are the same.

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Michael Kjörling • https://michael.kjorling.se • [email protected]
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