[Pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Re: status of cryptsetup

[Jonas Meurer]

On 19/08/2006 David Härdeman wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 01:39:11PM +0200, Jonas Meurer wrote:
> >how about bringing cryptsetup svn in shape for a new upload?
> 
> Okey, I've gone trough my local repo and committed fixes for the 
> following bugs:
> 
> #370180: Make options field mandatory in crypttab

i'm not sure how to think about this one:

-The fourth field 'options' describes the cryptsetup options associated
	with the encryption process.
+The fourth field 'options' describes the cryptsetup options associated
	with the encryption process. At minimum, the field should contain
	the string *luks* or the 'cipher', 'hash' and 'size' options.


this means, that you cannot use encrypted non-luks devices with the
default value any more. you need to give at least one value.

i think that making the 'keyfile' field mandatory is a good idea, but
why force the user to give a cipher if he/she uses the default anyway?

maybe we should implement a 'plain' or 'noluks' option here, which
indicates the opposite of 'luks', instead of requiring any random option
without having a reason to do so.

what do you think about it?

...
 jonas