Ingo Franzki 7c47ea8e09 zkey: Add support to store LUKS2 dummy passphrase in key repository ...

Extend zkey to allow to store a (dummy) LUKS2 passphrase together with a
secure key, for use with LUKS2 volumes. That way, when the repository is
backed up, or archived, also the passphrases of the associated LUKS2
volumes are backed up, or archived, and thus can not be forgotten.
This passphrase is then used in generated commands to format and open
the LUKS2 volumes.

Because of the use of secure keys to encrypt the volumes, the LUKS2
passphrase is of no or less relevance for security. It is therefore OK to
store the passphrase in clear text in the key repository, and also use
them in /etc/crypttab. Therefore, the passphrase could actually be a
trivial passphrase, or a dummy passphrase.

Note: Such a dummy passphrase is NOT considered a secret that needs to
be protected. If for a certain usage the passphrase is of relevance for
security, then the zkey dummy passphrase option must not be used to store
the passphrase.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Franzki <ifranzki@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Christ <jchrist@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Harald Freudenberger <freude@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Höppner <hoeppner@linux.ibm.com>

2020-12-15 11:10:50 +01:00

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