Questions tagged [encryption]
Questions about encryption such as home folder encryption, partition encryption and file encryption.
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iwconfig results differ when used as root or us plain user
If I call iwconfig as user or as root, I get nearly the same result.
However, as root I get one more line: "Encryption key:off".
My Router says: "Encryption type  WPA2 / WPA3 (secure)&...
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how do I fix an Ubuntu based install that seems borked (no desktop)
I have a VM on VMZWare of Kodachi which is based (iirc) on Ubuntu.
The host machine crashed and rebooted while the guest was running but not undertaking any 'work'. It's LUKS encrypted but I have the ...
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Very slow performance on Ubuntu 22.04 with encryption enabled / I/O SSD issue
I have freshly installed Ubuntu 22.04 on my Macbook Air 13 Inch Mid-2013. I enabled full disk encryption in the setup process (CPU supports AES-NI, all latest updates installed).
When starting ...
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Asymmetric Filesystem Encryption
How to encrypt (live) data preferrably as a write only filesystem using a rsa public key known on the device (which is offline), that only later can be decrypted by using the private key?
So once ...
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Ubuntu VM Full disk encryption, storing keys in Azure
We currently have a solution to have our data partition encrypted with the keys stored on the system partition to allow for booting without user interaction, but not our system partition as we have no ...
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_[SOLVED]_ grub doesn't show the option for encrypted partition
I installed ubuntu 22.04 LTS with the root partition encrypted. Now grub only allows me to boot my old (non-encrypted) ubuntu installation. how can I re-install grub so that it allows me to boot my ...
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Mount external LUKS hard drive
I recently updated my laptop's hard drive to a bigger one. The previous one I mounted it in an external case to transform it in to an external drive. The old drive was encrypted with LUKS. When I plug ...
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lftp denies let's encrypt and ca-certificates when server is configured correctly
Ubuntu 20.04
I use lftp to connect to a server server2.obble.com.au.
I got Error fatal: Certificate verification: Not trusted (93:3C:6D:DE:E9:5C:9C:41:A4:0F:9F:50:49:3D:82:BE:03:AD:87:BF)
Reading this ...
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extracting data from fully encrypted ubuntu hard drive from other ubuntu operating system
I installed Ubuntu in an hard drive with encryption but there was a problem in loading opreating system. So, I'm trying to copy my data from that hard drive by connecting it with another system having ...
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How to default to encryption of new home directories when using ldap
When using adduser, one can pass --encrypt-home to encrypt the newly generated home directory. Supposedly, this can be made the default by correctly setting up /etc/adduser.conf.
However, for ...
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How do I disbale lock after pm-hibernate thaw?
I use full disk encryption, so when coming out of hibernation, I only want to enter one password (encryption passphrase) not a second (account password).
When I use the standard systemd-hibernate, ...
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ext4 - Remove ability to encrypt disk even for root
I was wondering if this is possible: remove the ability to encrypt a disk/partition?
It occured to me that it's a possible attack vector to encrypt the disk with a key if you manage to get root access....
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Formatting a USB flash drive
I have a simple question, but still need some advice before I continue, since I already ruined one USB flash drive once.
I am running a Ubuntu 20.04 system and have a USB flash drive of 128 GB. I want ...
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I've deleted cryptsetup-initramfs
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 (5.15.-10088.98) with LUKS LVM and have done something stupid.
I've tried sudo apt upgrade and get the following problem:
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/dm-...
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Is it possible to retrofit TPM based disk encryption on system upgraded to 23.10?
There was a lot of rumour about TPM base disk encryption available on Ubuntu 23.10, but looks like all articles meant installation process.
Is it possible to retrofit TPM based encryption (effectively ...
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