Reseñas y detalles del producto de The Linux Unified Key Setup

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Linux Unified Key Setup-on-disk-format (or LUKS) allows you to encrypt partitions on your Linux computer. This is particularly important when it comes to mobile computers and removable media. LUKS allows multiple user keys to decrypt a master key, which is used for the bulk encryption of the partition.

What LUKS does

LUKS encrypts entire block devices and is therefore well-suited for protecting the contents of mobile devices such as removable storage media or laptop disk drives.

The underlying contents of the encrypted block device are arbitrary. This makes it useful for encrypting swap devices. This can also be useful with certain databases that use specially formatted block devices for data storage.

LUKS uses the existing device mapper kernel subsystem.

LUKS provides passphrase strengthening which protects against dictionary attacks.

LUKS devices contain multiple key slots, allowing users to add backup keys or passphrases. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.

Trusted and encrypted keys are variable-length symmetric keys generated by the kernel that utilize the kernel keyring service. The fact that the keys never appear in user space in an unencrypted form means that their integrity can be verified, which in turn means that they can be used, for example, by the extended verification module (EVM) to verify and confirm the integrity of a running system. User-level programs can only ever access the keys in the form of encrypted blobs. Reseña recopilada por y alojada en G2.com.