Questions tagged [encryption]
Questions about encryption such as home folder encryption, partition encryption and file encryption.
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Can TPM-backed full-disk encryption feature on ubuntu 23.10 be used to encrypt secondary hard disk except for the OS one?
I have already used this TPM-backed full-disk encryption feature to encrypt the OS disk during new installation of Ubuntu 23.10 successfully. And test passed when I attached this disk to another ...
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Can't warm boot with custom MOK
I can no longer warm boot after enrolling a self-signed MOK. However, there is no issue if I try to cold boot.
During warm boot, after I enter a decryption key for LUKS, I get a 'Set up successfully' ...
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How can I install old HDD with Ubuntu 20.04 full disk encryption from old PC hardware(Intel) to new PC hardware(AMD)
I had an old PC (Intel) with a HDD encrypted with Ubuntu 20.04 full disk encryption. Unfortunately, the hardware failed. Thankfully, the HDD seems intact. So I bought a new AMD-based PC (new CPU, new ...
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PGP, S/MIME and Thunderbird
I am using PGP encryption for my emails, my friend uses S/MIME. We both use thunderbird to write emails. When he writes me a signed email, I can verify the signature and, similarly, he can verify mine....
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I was installing / enableing fips 140 , rebooted as instructed now my wifi wont let me log rejecting the correct pw. Running Ubuntu Studio 20.13on
I was attempting to make a compliant
Laptop and after enabling fips 140. I can no longer log in to my Wi-Fi networks with what were the proper passwords, it asks for password or security encryption ...
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Is there a manual process to reseal TPM FDE keys based on current system measurements in Ubuntu 23.10?
There are a couple similar questions out there, but here is what I'm trying to figure out... In Ubuntu 23.10, if you change the system config or firmware, then unsealing the TPM isn't going to work, ...
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Disk decryption on boot not working on Lubuntu
There's a prompt on boot. After entering my password and hitting enter nothing happens and boot doesn't continue. It just freezes. I'm on 22.04.3.
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How to automatically unlock on boot a Ubuntu encrypted boot disk drive?
Please, there is any way to easily auto unlock encrypted boot disk on Ubuntu, as we have using bitlocker on Windows? I saw this process, but I don't think that it will work (seems that I am not using ...
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My ubuntu 22.04.2 wont boot after successful LUKS decryption
my disk is encrypted using LUKS and everytime I open my pc I always need to provide the write password before I can log in into my device, so as usual I open my pc ready to work, and as usual I was ...
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How can I re-encrypt my laptop? After windows 11 dualboot with ubuntu 23.10
How can I re-encrypt my laptop?
When I turned it on I had windows 11, and I wanted to dual boot it with ubuntu 23.10.
I had to disable the windows 11 bitlocker to install it.
After installation I can'...
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Can't open pdftk-encrypted PDF in Acrobat
When I encrypt a PDF using pdftk under Ubuntu 22.04, I cannot decrypt it using Adobe Acrobat under Windows.
Following instructions here, I encrypt a PDF using pdftk:
pdftk input.pdf output output.pdf ...
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After full disk encryption: set output for successfull password
I recently set-up a new Ubuntu 22.04 system with full disk encryption
following this guide. Everything seems to work fine.
However, the UX is not perfect. Upon start-up I get prompted to enter my ...
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Prompted for luks encryption password on boot despite specifying a keyfile
I have a working installation of Kubuntu 22.04 on a LUKS encrypted
ext4 partition of device nvme0n1. When I boot up my computer, it
prompts me for the encryption password before proceeding to boot ...
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Does nautilus encrypt files on BitLocker encrypted drive?
I have an Ubuntu 23.10/Windows 11 dual-boot setup with one of my SSDs and an HDD, both encrypted using BitLocker's New Encryption Mode (XTS-AES). And I read that Linux systems natively don't have ...
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How do I enable hibernation on Ubuntu 22 on a LUKS system disk with a swapfile?
I have an Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS desktop. The only swap is a swap file (I removed the swap partition that came as default with the instalation). I followed these instructions to enable suspend to disk, ...
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