LUKS
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Latest revision as of 17:42, 26 December 2024
LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) is a general-purpose encrypted disk format. It supports, for example, multiple keys, and the possibility of changing keys without re-encrypting the entire volume. Some Linux distributions support LUKS by default, using cryptsetup and related utilities, as if it were an advanced form of dm-crypt.
A LUKS volume begins with a header containing a variety of (unencrypted) information about the encrypted data.
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[edit] Identification
A LUKS (v1, at least) volume begins with signature bytes 'L' 'U' 'K' 'S' 0xBA 0xBE.
For version 1 this is followed by byte sequence 00 01
and for version 2 this is followed by byte sequence 00 02.
[edit] Specifications
[edit] Software
[edit] Links
- Wikipedia article
- Cryptsetup 2.0.0 Release Notes - Introduces LUKS2 format
