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why is it a risk to clone a LUKS container?
I recently installed Ubuntu onto an encrypted partition using the LUKS+LVM combination that the 'alternate' installer offers. Now I want to create backups of my HD.
From the LUKS FAQ:
6.15 Can I ...
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How to change LUKS passphrase?
Having installed Ubuntu 11.10 with whole disk encryption and LVM, I need to provide a way for users to easily change LUKS passphrase.
Preferably, this should be done using GUI tools, thus, enabling ...
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How can one unlock a fully encrypted Ubuntu 11.10 system over SSH at boot?
In previous versions of Ubuntu, and current versions of Debian, you can unlock a fully encrypted system (using dmcrypt and LUKS) at boot time over SSH.
It was as easy as:
Installing the encrypted ...
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Is AES-NI fully supported?
Has support for the Intel AES-NI hardware crypto acceleration been added to Ubuntu (LUKS, kernel, OpenSSL libs, etc)? If so, starting with which version?
Here is a list of Intel processors supporting ...
