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Bug 838736

Summary: Anaconda/Kickstart LUKS Algorithm
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Platform RFE <platform-rfe>
Component: anacondaAssignee: David Lehman <dlehman>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 6.4CC: atodorov, jreed, lkardos, mkovarik
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: FutureFeature, Patch, Triaged
Target Release: 6.4   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: anaconda-13.21.182-1 Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
Feature: Allow specification of LUKS cipher string when creating encrypted block devices using kickstart. Reason: Some users may have a requirement to use a cipher other than the default. Result (if any):
Story Points: ---
Clone Of:
: 843174 846861 (view as bug list) Environment:
Last Closed: 2013-02-21 10:00:41 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:    
Bug Blocks: 745682, 840685, 843174, 846861, 867781    

Comment 1 Platform RFE 2012-07-10 01:17:58 UTC
** Original comment by rferris **

1. 
Account name: Defence Signals Directorate
Customer segment: 1
TAM/SRM customer: no
VHT score: 4
Strategic Customer: yes

2. 
Ability to choose LUKS encryption type in Kickstart.

3.
Customer is the Australian Department of Defence and requires
aes-cbc-essiv:sa256 strength encryption on their storage devices.
At this point in time Anaconda is hard coded to use only aes-xts-plain64, based
on the outcome of BZ#600295

4.
An option available in the kickstart configuration to set the LUKS encryption
algorithm.

5.
Customer sets and appropriate flag/option in kickstart configuration. After
installation running the command below returns the algorithm selected
algorithm.
cryptsetup status luks-<id>

6.
No

7.
Sooner rather than later.

8.
Yes

9.
system-config-kickstart
pykickstart
anaconda

10.
Yes

Comment 17 David Lehman 2012-10-17 16:18:03 UTC
Follow-up patch (tested and) posted for review.

Comment 19 Ľuboš Kardoš 2012-12-13 10:47:41 UTC
Verified on RHEL6.4-20121212.1

Comment 20 errata-xmlrpc 2013-02-21 10:00:41 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0373.html