LUKS List available methods of encryption for LUKS
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$ cryptsetup benchmark
# Tests are approximate using memory only (no storage IO).
PBKDF2-sha1 292752 iterations per second
PBKDF2-sha256 221362 iterations per second
PBKDF2-sha512 142010 iterations per second
PBKDF2-ripemd160 277124 iterations per second
PBKDF2-whirlpool 155727 iterations per second
# Algorithm | Key | Encryption | Decryption
aes-cbc 128b 164.7 MiB/s 164.5 MiB/s
serpent-cbc 128b 119.5 MiB/s 205.0 MiB/s
twofish-cbc 128b 163.5 MiB/s 208.6 MiB/s
aes-cbc 256b 148.4 MiB/s 147.9 MiB/s
serpent-cbc 256b 128.1 MiB/s 205.3 MiB/s
twofish-cbc 256b 202.3 MiB/s 213.1 MiB/s
aes-xts 256b 165.4 MiB/s 145.3 MiB/s
serpent-xts 256b 150.0 MiB/s 194.5 MiB/s
twofish-xts 256b 206.4 MiB/s 206.9 MiB/s
aes-xts 512b 149.4 MiB/s 147.5 MiB/s
serpent-xts 512b 181.7 MiB/s 195.0 MiB/s
twofish-xts 512b 207.1 MiB/s 208.6 MiB/s
$ cryptsetup --help|tail -n 8
Default compiled-in key and passphrase parameters:
Maximum keyfile size: 8192kB, Maximum interactive passphrase length 512 (characters)
Default PBKDF2 iteration time for LUKS: 1000 (ms)
Default compiled-in device cipher parameters:
loop-AES: aes, Key 256 bits
plain: aes-cbc-essiv:sha256, Key: 256 bits, Password hashing: ripemd160
LUKS1: aes-xts-plain64, Key: 256 bits, LUKS header hashing: sha1, RNG: /dev/urandom
--key-size, -s <bits>
Sets key size in bits. The argument has to be a multiple of 8.
The possible key-sizes are limited by the cipher and mode used.
See /proc/crypto for more information. Note that key-size in
/proc/crypto is stated in bytes.
cryptsetup status /dev/mapper/sda5_crypt
Your output will be similar to this:
type: LUKS1
cipher: aes-xts-plain64
keysize: 512 bits
device: /dev/sda5
offset: 4096 sectors
size: 19972096 sectors
mode: read/write