Questions tagged [encryption]
Encryption is the process of transforming information using an algorithm to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge.
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Windows 11 Device Encryption not working after dual boot
First I installed Windows, I turned on Secure Boot and checked in System Information that the PCR7 Configuration was OK and that Device Encryption Support was ready to be enabled. Then I installed ...
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Issues Configuring Swap and Moving /home to a New Encrypted Disk on Ubuntu 24.04
I have Ubuntu 24.04 installed with the default disk partitioning settings chosen by the installer, including LVM encryption. I have two SSDs:
First disk with the following partitions:
/boot/efi
/boot
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Managing LUKS encrypted swap files/volumes. Manual mounting on remote dedicated servers, boot behavior, and fstab settings
I would like to setup an as simple as possible encryption at rest solution for a remote dedicated server. The host I am using will provide physical disks and there is no off the shelf solution for ...
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Veracrypt and long load of Pc before windows start
The situation is such. I have three Windows systems on one hard drive. The system partition of one or two of them is encrypted. There is one more partition. It is encrypted by Veracrypt also and is ...
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Can't boot with SSD plugged in after power loss while encrypting it
I was encrypting an SSD with Bitlocker when a power outage occured interrupting the encryption, when I powered back up the PC got stuck.
When the SSD is connected, the PC freezes on the initial boot ...
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Truncate history of a GPG key
When you create a GnuPG key, edit it, and list packages, it still shares hints to the past changes. How can I clear/truncate the history of a GPG key?
Consider the following gpg --list-packets output ...
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Enable BitLocker full disk encryption with manage-bde or PowerShell
Contrary to the documentation for both manage-bde and Enable-BitLocker, only Used Space Only encryption is used on a disk with the following commands even though the -UsedSpaceOnly parameter is not ...
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Can I fix this encoding issue with a copy and pasted .p12 Certificate?
Wondering if there is a work around, whether it be from advanced settings in Gmail or another text editor or command line fix for a pretty stupid issue.
I hastily opened a .p12 Certificate in Notepad, ...
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ssh-keygen fails to read key generated by itself
Using OpenSSH_8.9p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu0.7 on WSL, ssh-keygen refuses a key it previously generated, outputting error:
do_convert_from_ssh2: parse key: invalid format
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How do I hide the size of GPG message?
When constructing encrypted GPG messages I've noticed that the size of the output seems to be correlated to the size of the input. This makes sense in an information-theoretic sense. However, this is ...
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Google Drive Sync Encryption
So I got some terabytes of free GD from google workspace of my organization. I do realize that, it's intended for organization stuff therefore they can see my personal data if I store on it.
Is there ...
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Re-enryption Failure VMware Workstation Pro 17
Am currently using lastest version of Workstation (17.5.2). On my Win 11 machine after the last few upgrades, I keep getting the following message: "The virtual machine is encrypted using old ...
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Would it be beneficial when trying to decrypt network traffic, to while sniffing on the network, if target sends known file, can this help solve dcrpt [closed]
If a known file is sent from on network computer to yourself, or to some other network computer, is there a way this can be leveraged to solve decryption?
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I can format the BitLocker encrypted without unlocking it. But I saw lots of articles on internet which say I can't do it?
I can format the BitLocker encrypted drive without unlocking it. But I saw lots of articles on internet which say I can't do it. Is there any damage to my drive if I format it on locked state? Looking ...
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Does installing Windows 11 automatically encrypt all drives?
A number of posts at various sites, including Super User, have claimed that installing, Windows 11 encrypted the main drive and other local drives without the user's request.
Is it possible that ...
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