Cryptsetup 2.8.2 Released With BitLocker Clear Key Support
Cryptsetup 2.8.2 released on Thursday for this open-source utility used for setting up disk encryption with dm-crypt on Linux systems, including for LUKS volumes, TrueCrypt, BitLocker, and other formats.
One of the notable new features with Cryptsetup 2.8.2 is now support for opening devices with Clear Key in BitLocker. Clear Key is for BitLocker devices not yet encrypted and the Clear Key is not protected by a password. Cryptsetup can now handle said devices to let users access the data on them. More details on the BitLocker Clear Key support can be found via the issue ticket and subsequent merge that added the BitLocker Clear Key support.
Cryptsetup 2.8.2 also fixes LUKS2 status reporting for hardware-inline integrity devices, hardening metadata checks for BitLocker, optimizing re-encryption to not repeatedly test access to the device, allowing Protected HMAC (PHMAC) with integritysetup and cryptsetup, Opal 2 SED fixes, and a variety of other general fixes.
Downloads and more details for Cryptsetup 2.8.2 via Cryptsetup on GitLab.
One of the notable new features with Cryptsetup 2.8.2 is now support for opening devices with Clear Key in BitLocker. Clear Key is for BitLocker devices not yet encrypted and the Clear Key is not protected by a password. Cryptsetup can now handle said devices to let users access the data on them. More details on the BitLocker Clear Key support can be found via the issue ticket and subsequent merge that added the BitLocker Clear Key support.
Cryptsetup 2.8.2 also fixes LUKS2 status reporting for hardware-inline integrity devices, hardening metadata checks for BitLocker, optimizing re-encryption to not repeatedly test access to the device, allowing Protected HMAC (PHMAC) with integritysetup and cryptsetup, Opal 2 SED fixes, and a variety of other general fixes.
Downloads and more details for Cryptsetup 2.8.2 via Cryptsetup on GitLab.