Re: bits vs bytes

JT Morée <moreejt-/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel.device-mapper.dm-crypt
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 On Monday, March 30, 2020, 2:03:17 PM MST, Arno Wagner <[email protected]> wrote: 
> Probably the most important is that the concept of a byte has no real meaning for these values.

>Regards,
>Arno

In this use case--where we store keys on medium such as hard drive or USB drive--the convention is to measure usage in bytes and derivatives thereof.  I'm trying to see how much space my 'key' is using up within the allocated space of the LUKS header and for import/export.  That's real meaning ;-)
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