FS#44578 - [cryptsetup] Some encryption ciphers not representable at boot-time (as they include a ":")

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Matt Corallo (BlueMatt) - Tuesday, 14 April 2015, 04:13 GMT
Last edited by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Saturday, 04 November 2017, 22:54 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Many cipher specs include a ":" and are thus not representable in the "crypto=" (and possibly other) kernel arguments. eg the default cipher spec is "aes-cbc-essiv:sha256", which you cannot specify in the crypto= parameter.

Additional info:
* /usr/lib/initcpio/hooks/encrypt
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Closed by  Christian Hesse (eworm)
Saturday, 04 November 2017, 22:54 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Works as expected with escaped colon.
Comment by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Saturday, 04 November 2017, 22:37 GMT
Should be possible to escape the colon...

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