LUKS acronym stands for Linux Unified Key Setup which is a widely method of disk-encryption used by Linux Kernel and is implemented with the cryptsetup package. The cryptsetup command line encrypts a volume disk on fly using symmetric encryption key derived from supplied passphrase that is provided every time a volume disk, a partition and also a whole disk.
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