Practical minimum for USB FDE key?

Bryan Stenson <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:27:52 -0700
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The FAQ covering FDE suggests a 1 MB RAID partition...wondering where that
size recommendation came from.

I'm interested in backing up this key to a private bitwarden instance
(base64 encoded), and was curious if the 1 MB size was a crypto
recommendation, or based on a partition size minimum?

Bryan

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The FAQ covering FDE suggests a 1 MB RAID partition...wondering where that =
size recommendation came from.<div><br></div><div>I&#39;m interested in bac=
king up this key to a private bitwarden instance (base64 encoded), and was =
curious if the 1 MB size was a crypto recommendation, or based on a partiti=
on size minimum?</div><div><br></div><div>Bryan</div>

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