Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-615

Chapter 4. Security

cryptsetup-2.7.5

Introduction to cryptsetup

cryptsetup is used to set up transparent encryption of block devices using the kernel crypto API.

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Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

Package Information

cryptsetup Dependencies

Required

JSON-C-0.18, LVM2-2.03.28, and popt-1.19

Optional

asciidoctor-2.0.23, libpwquality-1.4.5, argon2, libssh, and passwdqc

Kernel Configuration

Encrypted block devices require kernel support. To use it, the appropriate kernel configuration parameters need to be set: 

Device Drivers --->
  [*] Multiple devices driver support (RAID and LVM) --->                   [MD]
    <*/M> Device mapper support                                     [BLK_DEV_DM]
    <*/M>   Crypt target support                                      [DM_CRYPT]

-*- Cryptographic API --->                                              [CRYPTO]
  Block ciphers --->
    <*/M> AES (Advanced Encryption Standard)                        [CRYPTO_AES]
    # For tests:
    <*/M> Twofish                                               [CRYPTO_TWOFISH]
  Length-preserving ciphers and modes --->
    <*/M> XTS (XOR Encrypt XOR with ciphertext stealing)            [CRYPTO_XTS]
  Hashes, digests, and MACs --->
    <*/M> SHA-224 and SHA-256                                    [CRYPTO_SHA256]
  Userspace interface --->
    <*/M> Symmetric key cipher algorithms             [CRYPTO_USER_API_SKCIPHER]

Installation of cryptsetup

Install cryptsetup by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr       \
            --disable-ssh-token \
            --disable-asciidoc  &&
make

To test the result, issue as the root user: make check. Some tests will fail if appropriate kernel configuration options are not set. Some additional options that may be needed for tests are: 

CONFIG_SCSI_LOWLEVEL,
CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG,
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM_BUILTIN,
CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER,
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CRYPTD,
CONFIG_CRYPTO_LRW,
CONFIG_CRYPTO_XTS,
CONFIG_CRYPTO_ESSIV,
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CRCT10DIF,
CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_TI,
CONFIG_CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL,
CONFIG_CRYPTO_BLOWFISH,
CONFIG_CRYPTO_CAST5,
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT,
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT_SSE2_X86_64,
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT_AVX_X86_64,
CONFIG_CRYPTO_SERPENT_AVX2_X86_64, and
CONFIG_CRYPTO_TWOFISH_X86_64

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--disable-ssh-token: This switch is required if the optional libssh dependency is not installed.

--disable-asciidoc: This switch disables regeneration of the man pages. Remove this switch if you have asciidoctor-2.0.23 installed and wish to regenerate the man pages. Note that even if this switch is used, the pre-generated man pages are shipped in the tarball and they'll still be installed.

Configuring cryptsetup

Because of the number of possible configurations, setup of encrypted volumes is beyond the scope of the BLFS book. Please see the configuration guide in the cryptsetup FAQ.

Contents

Installed Programs: cryptsetup, cryptsetup-reencrypt, integritysetup, and veritysetup
Installed Libraries: libcryptsetup.so
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

cryptsetup

is used to setup dm-crypt managed device-mapper mappings

cryptsetup-reencrypt

is a tool for offline LUKS device re-encryption

integritysetup

is a tool to manage dm-integrity (block level integrity) volumes

veritysetup

is used to configure dm-verity managed device-mapper mappings. The Device-mapper verity target provides read-only transparent integrity checking of block devices using the kernel crypto API