From 52028838a1bc5f55f623f5f0344ee685d87d1fd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: George Hilliard Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 09:25:31 -0500 Subject: Implement VeraCrypt volume handling in crypttab (#4501) This introduces a new option, `tcrypt-veracrypt`, that sets the corresponding VeraCrypt flag in the flags passed to cryptsetup. --- man/crypttab.xml | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'man') diff --git a/man/crypttab.xml b/man/crypttab.xml index 4b8d4aa3d6..17976f3704 100644 --- a/man/crypttab.xml +++ b/man/crypttab.xml @@ -326,6 +326,17 @@ option implies . + + + + Check for a VeraCrypt volume. VeraCrypt is a fork of + TrueCrypt that is mostly compatible, but uses different, stronger key + derivation algorithms that cannot be detected without this flag. + Enabling this option could substantially slow down unlocking, because + VeraCrypt's key derivation takes much longer than TrueCrypt's. This + option implies . + + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf