18.12.2009
To find out what encryption was used and many more, issue the following command:
cryptsetup -v luksDump /dev/sda2 LUKS header information for /dev/sda2 Version: 1 Cipher name: aes Cipher mode: cbc-essiv:sha256 Hash spec: sha1 Payload offset: 1032 MK bits: 128 MK digest: 37 b7 d2 2e 9e 32 f8 ae b5 b2 c4 b7 14 27 9c 20 ab 4b 40 03 MK salt: fc e4 11 b0 fa 64 43 54 27 98 e9 c0 b1 06 a2 7f 95 43 51 07 4e a0 8b cf 2c 18 a8 e7 c3 35 08 cd MK iterations: 10 UUID: 6c8510e6-1cfa-4ab0-a67b-17a716601860 Key Slot 0: ENABLED Iterations: 87790 Salt: 81 25 e8 3b 1f b8 71 54 c8 30 01 0e 9b d3 16 3e b4 e3 fc 90 70 1d 04 81 9b 6c 48 3c fa a7 07 8c Key material offset: 8 AF stripes: 4000 Key Slot 1: DISABLED Key Slot 2: DISABLED Key Slot 3: DISABLED Key Slot 4: DISABLED Key Slot 5: DISABLED Key Slot 6: DISABLED Key Slot 7: DISABLED