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Filling the disk with random data prior to encryption?
Filling the disk with random data prior to encrypting it will supposedly make it harder for the attacker to perform any cryptanalysis. Most sources seem to state this is because it will be harder for ...
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Is it possible to boot into root's /bin/bash on a LUKS encrypted device?
I have to check the possibility of case mentioned in the title. An average Linux could be booted up into root's terminal directly without authentication by modifying kernel boot parameters.
I'd like ...
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Is using decrypt_derived more secure than a keyfile?
Say I have two partitions on a Linux system, a root partition (/) and a /home partition. Both of them are encrypted with LUKS.
The /home partition needs only to be decrypted if / is unlocked and ...
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For LUKS: The most preferable and safest cipher?
I'm about to encrypt two of my hard drives using LUKS, since I can't really do it myself I use the guide on the Arch Linux wiki (which can be found here). In an example in the guide the cipher ...
