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Tails 5.14 Brings Automatic LUKS2 Migration, Captive Portal Detection

Posted by Marius Nestor on Jun 13, 2023,

updated Jun 15, 2023

Last month, the Tails 5.13 release enabled LUKS2 encryption by default for all new Persistent Storage and encrypted volumes with the promise that future releases will also support migration for existing Persistent Storage and encrypted volumes from LUKS1 to LUKS2.

Tails 5.14 is now here with automatic migration to LUKS2 and Argon2id for users of Tails 5.12 or previous versions. Even if LUKS2 offers stronger encryption, the devs recommend users to also change the passphrase of their Persistent Storage and other LUKS-encrypted volumes.

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Update (by Roy)

From the Tor blog:

New Release: Tails 5.14

The cryptographic parameters of LUKS from Tails 5.12 or earlier are weak against a state-sponsored attacker with physical access to your device.

To use stronger encryption parameters, Tails 5.14 automatically converts your Persistent Storage to use LUKS2 encryption with Argon2id.

Borisov:

Tails 5.14 Ships with Automatic Migration to LUKS2

Powered by Linux kernel 6.1, Tails 5.14, a security-focused Linux distro, comes with usability improvements to the Persistent Storage.