Re: Single User (single or multiple keyslots with similar or different passphrase)

One Keyslot should be enough, but you should hve a header backup.
The only redundancy multiple passphrases give you is basically
multiple passphrases.

Regards,
Arno


On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 09:42:37 CET, Lamy Geier wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I am a single user and owner of the data in my laptop. I was wondering if it
> is any better to have single or multiple keyslots with same or different
> passphrases. I am using LUKS2 on a partition for root, home and swap volumes
> (LVM). And LUKS1 for a boot partition. Please suggest which of the following
> is better choice and why:
> 
> 1. Should I have single passphrase and single keyslot for LUKS1 and LUKS2?
> 2. Multiple Keyslots for LUKS1 and LUKS2 with same passphrase.
> 3. Multiple Keyslots for LUKS1 and LUKS2 with different passphrase.
> 
> 
> - My reasoning was that may be having redundant information, it helps in
> times of crisis for recovery.
> 
> - Note: The data will be owned and used only by me.
> 
> -- 
> Thanks and Regards
> 
> Lamy

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