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authorJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>2011-02-15 04:24:31 -0500
committerJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>2011-02-15 04:24:31 -0500
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Parameters: <cipher> <key> <iv_offset> <device path> <offset>
8 8
9<cipher> 9<cipher>
10 Encryption cipher and an optional IV generation mode. 10 Encryption cipher and an optional IV generation mode.
11 (In format cipher-chainmode-ivopts:ivmode). 11 (In format cipher[:keycount]-chainmode-ivopts:ivmode).
12 Examples: 12 Examples:
13 des 13 des
14 aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 14 aes-cbc-essiv:sha256
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ Parameters: <cipher> <key> <iv_offset> <device path> <offset>
20 Key used for encryption. It is encoded as a hexadecimal number. 20 Key used for encryption. It is encoded as a hexadecimal number.
21 You can only use key sizes that are valid for the selected cipher. 21 You can only use key sizes that are valid for the selected cipher.
22 22
23<keycount>
24 Multi-key compatibility mode. You can define <keycount> keys and
25 then sectors are encrypted according to their offsets (sector 0 uses key0;
26 sector 1 uses key1 etc.). <keycount> must be a power of two.
27
23<iv_offset> 28<iv_offset>
24 The IV offset is a sector count that is added to the sector number 29 The IV offset is a sector count that is added to the sector number
25 before creating the IV. 30 before creating the IV.