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EndeavourOS encrypted partition (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago by GregorTacTac@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I installed endeavourOS 2 days ago and then, the next day, there was a newnrelease of endeavourOS. It's supposed to have better encryption. Is it possible to upgrade encryption on Linux? An unrelated question: is it possible to change the password of an encrypted partition? I'm a beginner, so please explain your magical commands.

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[–] 0v0@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Argon2id (cryptsetup default) and Argon2i PBKDFs are not supported (GRUB bug #59409), only PBKDF2 is.

There is this patch, although I have not tested it myself. There is always cryptsetup luksAddKey --pbkdf pbkdf2.

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 4 points 10 months ago

That patch looks promising. But I wouldn't recommend PBKDF2, I mean if you're going to go thru the trouble of converting to LUKS2 for stronger encryption, might as well go for Argon2.