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Basic Guide To Encrypting Linux Partitions With LUKS

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Nick Congleton
Oct 23, 2016

There are plenty of reasons why people would need to encrypt a partition. Whether they’re rooted it privacy, security, or confidentiality, setting up a basic encrypted partition on a Linux system is fairly easy. This is especially true when using LUKS, since its functionality is built directly into the kernel.
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