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Disk encryption in Linux (IV): Encrypting a full partition with LUKS

LUKS is a hard disk encryption standard for Linux created by Clemens Fruhwirth. Althought the reference implementation is based on dm-crypt, it has several improvements over plain dm-crypt (as seen in the third post in this series), including support for multiple keys and passphrase revocation.
To use LUKS you’ll need a recent cryptsetup package (Debian sarge […]

Disk encryption in Linux (III): Encrypting temporary filesystems

So far we have mentioned some tools to easily encrypt files. Keeping files encrypted is a good way to protect your data in case someone steals them.
However, if we’re talking about serious encryption, just encrypting files is not enough to keep your data protected. There is no use in having a secured document in your […]