Arch Linux

Description: dm-crypt/cryptsetup doesn't show ***** in place of characters you type when entering your password for an encrypted partition, I wish that drives unlocked through /etc/crypttab also did not show **********... in place of your password. I feel that it is "more secure" to not let people know how long your password is.

Please give /etc/crypttab an option for not showing *'s (asterisks) when entering your password.


Additional info: This is in filesystem 2012.7-1 (current?)


Steps to reproduce: Configure a drive to be unlocked at startup in /etc/crypttab of the form:

<label> </dev/disk/by-uuid/....> none

Start typing your password to unlock the drive at startup and you will see * in place of every character in your password. The password itself isn't given away, but the length of it is -- I feel this is insecure :>