Comment 3 for bug 622762

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Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) wrote : Re: [Bug 622762] Re: encrypted partition works in lucid, not maverick

Quoting Colin Watson (<email address hidden>):
> Does this have anything to do with this entry in
> /usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/NEWS.Debian.gz?
>
> The default key size for LUKS was changed from 128 to 256 bits, and default
> plain mode changed from aes-cbc-plain to aes-cbc-essiv:sha256.
> In case that you use plain mode encryption and don't have set cipher and hash
> in /etc/crypttab, you should do so now. The new defaults are not backwards
> compatible. See the manpage for crypttab(5) for further information. If your
> dm-crypt setup was done by debian-installer, you can ignore that warning.

Steve also suggested last night that this might be it, and I suspect you're
right. I will test when I get back home this weekend.

thanks,
-serge