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diff --git a/docs/v1.5.1-ReleaseNotes b/docs/v1.5.1-ReleaseNotes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7202a8c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/v1.5.1-ReleaseNotes @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +Cryptsetup 1.5.1 Release Notes +============================== + +Changes since version 1.5.0 + +* The libcryptsetup library now tries to initialize device-mapper backend and + loop devices only if they are really needed (lazy initializations). + This allows some operations to be run by a non-root user. + + (Unfortunately LUKS header keyslot operations still require temporary dm-crypt + device and device-mapper subsystem is available only to superuser.) + + Also clear error messages are provided if running as non-root user and + operation requires privileged user. + +* Veritysetup can be now used by a normal user for creating hash image to file + and also it can create hash image if doesn't exist. + (Previously it required pre-allocated space.) + +* Added crypt_keyslot_area() API call which allows external tools + to get exact keyslot offsets and analyse content. + + An example of a tool that searches the keyslot area of a LUKS container + for positions where entropy is low and hence there is a high probability + of damage is in misc/kesylot_checker. + (Thanks to Arno Wagner for the code.) + +* Optimized seek to keyfile-offset if key offset is large. + +* Fixed luksHeaderBackup for very old v1.0 unaligned LUKS headers. + +* Various fixes for problems found by a several static analysis tools. |