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dm-crypt Arno Wagner 3 participants 3 messages May 2, 2014 – May 22, 2014

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Do you think it would be convenient to implement a new *cryptsetup* routine that does all these steps in 2.19 combined?

# cryptsetup wipe /dev/sda

Perhaps one that also shows a progress bar?

Quoted 18 lines · Arno Wagner

http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions

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Item 2.19 How can I wipe a device with crypto-grade randomness?

Gr"usse,
Arno

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Do you think it would be convenient to implement a new *cryptsetup* routine that does all these steps in 2.19 combined?

In fact this is my plan, integrate proper device wipe into cryptsetup, planned long time ago...

Milan