Re: LUKS2 support for null/plaintext target

Arno Wagner <[email protected]>
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Good point. See also FAQ Item 5.19.

While a false sense of security is great for marketing,
I agree that we should avoid it.

Regards,
Arno


On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 18:51:00 CET, Jordan Glover wrote:
> I think encrypting previously unencrypted data on the same disk
> doesn't guarantee that old data won't be recoverable especially
> on ssd/nvme which are ubiquitous today. Officially supporting
> such case on LUKS will give users false sense of security of
> their data.
> 
> Jordan
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