On 1/9/06, Cláudio Henrique <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> has anybody here used LUKS?

I'm using it on my AMD system.

> If I used on any of my HDs, will I be able to update them?

What do you mean?  If you mean changing the password, yes.

> What if the
> data of some file gets corrupted, will I loose the whole HD?

Encryption is done in (4k?) blocks, so you should only lose the
corrupted block.  As to whether you lose a single file or the whole
filesystem, that depends on the nature of the corruption and the
filesystem.  This is no different than having a corrupted hard drive.

-Richard

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