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FS#52282 - dm-crypt should have a LUKS NUKE option.

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Shikoba Kage (DarkFeather) - Tuesday, 27 December 2016, 22:22 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Wednesday, 28 December 2016, 03:34 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
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

Description:
dm-crypt should merge the LUKS NUKE patch.

Steps to reproduce:
https://www.kali.org/tutorials/emergency-self-destruction-luks-kali/
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Wednesday, 28 December 2016, 03:34 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:  Arch simply doesn't carry patches like this.
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Wednesday, 28 December 2016, 03:18 GMT
A non-upstreamed patch that adds a new feature? You'll need an extremely convincing argument.
Comment by Shikoba Kage (DarkFeather) - Wednesday, 28 December 2016, 03:22 GMT
Let me try to merge this change into aur/cryptsetup-git and report back later.

The argument is this is a security feature for hackboxes, especially RPis under Arch ARM. It'd be a privacy option for journalists and such in case their machine is compromised. When compromised, they give up the nuke password instead of the real one, which wipes the box. It doesn't beat a smart forensics team that images the disk first, but it helps.

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