parser.add_argument("-r", "--restore", action='store_true',
help="Restore a backup.")
parser.add_argument("-R", "--recover", action='store_true',
- help="Restore a backup with an index file.")
+ help="Recover a potentially damaged backup with an index file.")
parser.add_argument("-f", "--full", action='store_true',
help="Create a full backup.")
parser.add_argument("-d", "--diff", action='store_true',
Initialization Vectors
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-Initialization vectors are checked reuse during the lifetime of a decryptor.
+Initialization vectors are checked for reuse during the lifetime of a decryptor.
The fixed counters for metadata files cannot be reused and attempts to do so
will cause a DuplicateIV error. This means the length of objects encrypted with
a metadata counter is capped at 63 GB.
PDTCRYPT_MAX_OBJ_SIZE = PDTCRYPT_MAX_OBJ_SIZE_DEFAULT
# index and info files are written on-the fly while encrypting so their
-# counters must be available inadvance
+# counters must be available in advance
AES_GCM_IV_CNT_INFOFILE = 1 # constant
AES_GCM_IV_CNT_INDEX = AES_GCM_IV_CNT_INFOFILE + 1
AES_GCM_IV_CNT_DATA = AES_GCM_IV_CNT_INDEX + 1 # also for multivolume