Strong hashing/ciphers for LUKS; was "Encrypting an External HDD"

Thanks for all the replies in the previous thread! I've been doing some reading and have another question. It seems the default for LUKS (as displayed by `cryptsetup --help`) is: aes-xts-plain64, Key: 256 bits LUKS header hashing: sha1 RNG: /dev/urandom I would like to have a high level of securi

Re: Strong hashing/ciphers for LUKS; was "Encrypting an External HDD"

Hi all, After I sent the post below, I stumbled upon the cryptsetup FAQ page[1]. It answered a lot of my concerns, including the SHA1 and the cipher (plain, plain64, xts, essiv) issues. [1] https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/wikis/FrequentlyAskedQuestions Thanks! On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 15:07