Encryption Algorithm#
The cipher mode used for disk encryption is aes-cbc-essiv:sha256
. The cipher generator consists of three parts: cipher-chainmode-IVmode
. So here cipher is AES, chainmode is CBC, and IV mode is essiv:sha256.
Consult the Linux documentation for more information at:
[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Disk_encryption#Ciphers_and_modes_of_operation](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Disk_encryption)