Tales from the LUKS

do you have a handy #usb or #sdcard you usually travel with? they are small, light, cheap... convenient.

it's not that you store there Top Secrets (maybe!) but in case it was lost or stolen you will feel more relaxed if the drive was securely encrypted. LUKS

#LUKS implements a platform-independent standard on-disk format for use in various tools. This facilitates compatibility and interoperability among different programs and operating systems[...]

I was to write a blogpost about it, but there are plenty of them available to use LUKS encryption in any platform. Just three here:

• Encrypt a USB Drive with LUKS on Linux by @stefandroid (any gnu/linux with cryptsetup package) covers the basics perfectly 👌
• Encrypted external drive with LUKS by @loganmarchione It's an extended version, more detailed so do not get lost.
• and How to backup or restore LUKS header by @milosz ⚠️ Do this just after creating your encrypted drive and save the header in another (safe) storage. Use a password manager to create/store safe pass-phrasses (recomended for usb-luks as you most likely will have to hand write it) and passwords.

My usb-luks are automatically detected and mounted (after pass-phrase prompt) in both #archlinux :archLinux: and #debian :debian: 🥳

#security #encryption