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The LUKS1 format has been available for a long time, and the format specifications are easy to find. Recently, LUKS2 has been released, which features a number of important changes, such as AEAD and Argon2. The release notes … Continue reading LUKS2 on-disk format specifications
Is it enough just to remove the header of LUKS device to wiping (unrecognizable) the data completely? Or it is recoverable (I don’t want to recover though)? I need some safeguard to wiping my workplace harddrive.
Continue reading Wiping data properly in LUKS encrypted drive
I have been using an SSD with no system-level encryption. If I now switch to full disk encryption using LUKS + LVM, do I effectively wipe the old data, or is it still hanging around until overwritten?
Continue reading If I switch to LUKS on an SSD, have I just wiped it?
I’am running a Ubuntu 16.04 on a luks encrypted disk. Normally when I leave my machine for some minutes, I always shut it down to be safe with the luks encryption. But I wonder, what the possible threats are if I would only l… Continue reading How secure is my logged out but not shut down luks HD
I installed an ubuntu desktop with LVM + LUKS following a tutorial online. I have a question about security:
Why the default algorithm for encryption is “weak”?
The guy who I followed has used this command on the encrypted co… Continue reading LVM + LUKS: Why encryption sha512 is better than the default?
My system disk is full encrypted with luks. My Ubuntu logs in automatically, because I am the only user. But I still need to unlock my Gnome Keyring and I wonder, if there is any sense for that. Because I always unlock the ke… Continue reading What’s the security risk when setting the Gnome keyring password to blank on an FED system with autologin?
My system disk is full encrypted with luks. My Ubuntu logs in automatically, because I am the only user. But I still need to unlock my Gnome Keyring and I wonder, if there is any sense for that. Because I always unlock the keyring when I l… Continue reading What’s the security risk when setting the Gnome keyring password to blank on an FED system with autologin?
Hi I have question about LUKS,
Let’s say I enable LUKS encryption after erasing the disk and install my linux distro and I reboot, unlock and begin to use it. I then start browsing the web with Chrome, download some files et… Continue reading LUKS and deleted files
I was curious about something. I have LUKS FDE on my Ubuntu installation and discovered that using snappy packages creates a snap loop partition. There’s also one for the software I’m using. I’m not really sure why this was a… Continue reading Snappy Loop partition on encrypted disk concern
I was curious about something. I have LUKS FDE on my Ubuntu installation and discovered that using snappy packages creates a snap loop partition. There’s also one for the software I’m using. I’m not really sure why this was a… Continue reading Snappy Loop partition on encrypted disk concern