Are the Linux system partitions encrypted by default ?, I’ve tried to encrypt them using Veracrypt, but it says that it only works on Windows ?.

  • @sasalzig@lemmy.ml
    1•2 years ago

    Debian allows setting up disk encryption during install for example. Never heard of VeraCrypt, I don’t think that’s popular on Linux. The relevant under the hood parts if you’re interested in how it works on Linux are:

    • dm-crypt: Linux kernel feature for accessing encrypted partitions
    • Luks: A header format / standard for encrypted partitions
    • cryptsetup: command line tool to set up and manage all this