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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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Is there a way to move a LUKS-encrypted btrfs volume to the right?

I want to move a LUKS-encrypted btrfs volume to the right. GParted is telling me it knows how to move the LUKS layer to the right, but it doesn’t know how to move the btrfs layer to the right. Can I ...
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Hard time understanding LUKS encryption

I'm reading and studying for my LPI-1 exam, when I came across LUKS for disk encryption. I found it super cool and went to try it on my home lab, in my Debian machine. Installed everything, encrypted ...
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Is there an AES 256 LUKS encryption option in Fedora?

it was suggested that my post (https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/73140/is-there-an-aes-256-luks-encryption-option-in-fedora?noredirect=1#comment120019_73140) would be better if I asked it ...
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How to permanently delete a LUKS encrypted partition?

I have been using a LUKS encrypted partition as my /home directory on Manjaro. However, as I have to resize and move a few of my disk partitions, I would like to get rid of it. On Manjaro, I have ...
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Converting Linux partition to crypto_LUKS

I'm currently working on RHEL 8.9 and attempting to harden a VM of mine, and looking into applying the crypto_LUKS encryption to my active partitions. When I check my partitions using the blkid ...
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Can I dd from one opened luks container to another?

I want to migrate my encrypted data from one drive to another. Both source and target should be encrypted. I've read in some other question, that I should create a new container, so that the superkey ...
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difference between passphrase and key file in LUKS

I'm trying to understand with no success the difference between a passphrase and a key file in LUKS. At first I thought they were the same thing, with the difference of a key file being a passphrase ...
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How can I authenticate LUKS encryption, on boot, with Yubikey, on KDE Neon 5.27?

I have a LUKS encrypted drive on Kdeo Neon 5.27. The LUKS password is long and tedious to type in. Given how much KDE reboots, I'm tired of typing in my password so I bought a Yubikey to speed up the ...
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How to encrypt with LUKS a live Ubuntu usb stick that has been customized with Cubic?

I'm using Cubic (https://github.com/PJ-Singh-001/Cubic) to create a custom Ubuntu. So far so good, everything is going smoothly. However, I would like to encrypt the USB stick that contains my custom ...
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Unable to unlock luks from crypttab or key-file

My home is stored in a luks partiton whose passphrase is stored on a usb key. I have been using this setup for a few years and my home usually unlocks itself at boot from the following crypttab : user@...
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How to mount an encrypted ext3 filesystem under OS X?

I know how to mount an ext3 filesystem in OS X with MacFUSE and fuse-ext2. But how can I mount an encrypted ext3 volume? I have Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" running.
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How can I access volumes encrypted with LUKS/dm-crypt from Windows?

The answer to this question used to be FreeOTFE (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeOTFE); sadly, the project has not been updated for three years and its website (http://www.freeotfe.org) is no longer ...
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Reset password of an unlocked LUKS encrypted drive

I have a machine running Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS, with an encrypted drive using LUKS encryption. The machine is running and the drive is unlocked. However, I forgot the passphrase to the drive. I tried ...
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When mounting luks-encrypted disk-containers remotely, how to recover from loss of connection?

I keep sensitive data encrypted via luks, in container files. Those files are usually stored remotely (SMB, sshfs etc). So my current workflow is as follows: sudo mount $remoteshare /mnt sudo ...

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