Dm-crypt
Sign in to savedm-crypt is a transparent block device encryption subsystem in Linux kernel versions 2.6 and later and in DragonFly BSD. It is part of the device mapper (dm) infrastructure, and uses cryptographic routines from the kernel's Crypto API. Unlike its predecessor cryptoloop, dm-crypt was designed to support advanced modes of operation, such as XTS, LRW and ESSIV, in order to avoid watermarking attacks. In addition to that, dm-crypt addresses some reliability problems of cryptoloop.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Dm-crypt is referenced by 255 other articles, and connects out to paging, device file and logical volume management.
It is catalogued under topics including Cryptographic software, Device mapper and Disk encryption.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- free software
- Part of
- Linux kernel
- Official website
- gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/wikis/DMCrypt
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- copyright license
- GNU General Public License
- programmed in
- C
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