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@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ dm-crypt
Device-Mapper's "crypt" target provides transparent encryption of block devices
using the kernel crypto API.
+For a more detailed description of supported parameters see:
+http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/wiki/DMCrypt
+
Parameters: <cipher> <key> <iv_offset> <device path> \
<offset> [<#opt_params> <opt_params>]
<cipher>
Encryption cipher and an optional IV generation mode.
- (In format cipher[:keycount]-chainmode-ivopts:ivmode).
+ (In format cipher[:keycount]-chainmode-ivmode[:ivopts]).
Examples:
des
aes-cbc-essiv:sha256
@@ -19,7 +22,11 @@ Parameters: <cipher> <key> <iv_offset> <device path> \
<key>
Key used for encryption. It is encoded as a hexadecimal number.
- You can only use key sizes that are valid for the selected cipher.
+ You can only use key sizes that are valid for the selected cipher
+ in combination with the selected iv mode.
+ Note that for some iv modes the key string can contain additional
+ keys (for example IV seed) so the key contains more parts concatenated
+ into a single string.
<keycount>
Multi-key compatibility mode. You can define <keycount> keys and