| Cryptsetup 1.5.1 Release Notes |
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| Changes since version 1.5.0 |
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| * The libcryptsetup library now tries to initialize device-mapper backend and |
| loop devices only if they are really needed (lazy initializations). |
| This allows some operations to be run by a non-root user. |
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| (Unfortunately LUKS header keyslot operations still require temporary dm-crypt |
| device and device-mapper subsystem is available only to superuser.) |
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| Also clear error messages are provided if running as non-root user and |
| operation requires privileged user. |
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| * Veritysetup can be now used by a normal user for creating hash image to file |
| and also it can create hash image if doesn't exist. |
| (Previously it required pre-allocated space.) |
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| * Added crypt_keyslot_area() API call which allows external tools |
| to get exact keyslot offsets and analyse content. |
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| An example of a tool that searches the keyslot area of a LUKS container |
| for positions where entropy is low and hence there is a high probability |
| of damage is in misc/kesylot_checker. |
| (Thanks to Arno Wagner for the code.) |
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| * Optimized seek to keyfile-offset if key offset is large. |
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| * Fixed luksHeaderBackup for very old v1.0 unaligned LUKS headers. |
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| * Various fixes for problems found by a several static analysis tools. |