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The Linux Unified Key Setup or is a disk-encryption specification created by Clemens Fruhwirth in 2004 and originally intended for .

While most disk software implements different and incompatible, undocumented formats, LUKS specifies a platform-independent standard on-disk format for use in various tools. This not only facilitates compatibility and interoperability amongst different programs, but also assures that they all implement password management in a secure and documented manner.

The reference implementation for LUKS operates on Linux and is based on an enhanced version of cryptsetup, using dm-crypt as the disk encryption backend. Under Microsoft Windows, LUKS-encrypted disks can be used with LibreCrypt (formerly DoxBox).

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No key available with this passphrase luks bash

I am trying to remote configure my host with a script. However it fail when doing cryptsetup luksOpen here is my function: # used to encrypt the volume # $1 the ssh connect # $2 the partition # $3 the password # $4 the LUKSName encrypt(){ ssh $1 <<…
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Using USB security dongle of an appliance in VM machine

We have a customized Ubuntu on an appliance, the Disk is encrypted using “CryptSetup luks” and the passphrase comes from interaction with a USB security dongle. I have no root access, but with a live OS I took a full dump of disk and then run it in…
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Masking hardware decryption key in usb flash drive

I am a developer. I am running Debian and I have LUKS storage for my projects. It is encrypted with AES key 512 bits. I use password to decrypt this storage. However, password is strong and I change it every N months. What I want to do is to create…
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What kind of encryption is used by IBM graph? Both for encryption at rest and encryption at transit? LUKS, SSL or others?

I am doing some research on IBM graph and couldn't find the type of encryption used at both rest and transit. Thanks in advance
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Encrypt root instance volume using luks ?

In need of encrypting the Instance root volume using luks on debian OS in AWS. Is it possible to do that ? Help needed !!! Thanks in advance. Please consider, I don't meant AWS encryption of root volume.
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if i have proper credentials, how do i delete LUKS credentials from a different slot?

i have a LUKS encrypted device, and the key slots are as follows: 0 - former colleague's passphrase 1 - former colleague's keyfile 4 - my new passphrase 5 - my new keyfile i know that i can delete my OWN credentials: cryptsetup luksRemoveKey…
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How to combine DRBD, OCFs2 and LUKS?

I searched on the web a definitive answer to the following question but couldn't find a clear YES or NO, or a clear procedure on how to enable this approach! In a two nodes setup, with DRBD as the block device replication technology, with OCFs2 as…
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Kernel update causes keyboard layout change and unable to decrypt luks encryption

I'm using Fedora 23, LUKS encrypted disk and multiple keyboard input sources for all the languages I'm daily using and switching between. When there is kernel update available and I forget to switch to enUS as primary keyboard layout then I can not…
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How to open LUKS encrypted image file on cygwin / windows

Is it possible to open (decrypt) file encrypted with LUKS on cygwin / windows?
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Files not showing on a LUKS Encrypted Partition shared by two distros

I have had a good internet search for this problem, and can find nothing at all. I have just installed Manjaro and Linux Mint on a friend's Laptop. I am not new to Linux, used Gentoo, Arch, Ubuntu, CentoOS for a good 20 years or more, and he is an…
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disk encryption escrow files on centos via kickstart

I'm trying to automate centos installs via PXE and kickstart with encrypted filesystems. In case we mislay the passphrase we want to use escrow files and encrypt them using the public key attached to an x509 certificate obtained from a web server.…
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automatic mount of an encrypted partition

I have on my Ubuntu an encrypted partition (encrypted with cryptsetup). Currently, I mount the partition with sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda1 backup && wait && sudo mount /dev/mapper/backup /backup and it prompts for the paraphrase. So is there…
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How to close a luks container that has sub partitions

For example this creates 1 partition on /dev/sda, as /dev/sda1, which is turned into a LUKS container, which is further partitioned into 2 sub partitions: sgdisk -Z /dev/sda sgdisk -n 1:0:0 -t 1:8300 -c 1:"Test Partition" /dev/sda cryptsetup -v…
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Make existing or already installed root file system encrypted

I'm having an existing manjaro linux installation and my root file system is not encrypted. How do i encrypt my file system without reinstall or lossing any data. Is it possible to copy root file system to another encrypted drive using live cd then…
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