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Package: cryptsetup (2:1.1.0~rc2-1)

configures encrypted block devices

Cryptsetup provides a command-line interface for configuring encrypted devices. This is done using the Linux kernel device mapper target dm-crypt. This version of cryptsetup has integrated support for LUKS.

cryptsetup is backwards compatible with the on-disk format of cryptoloop, but also supports more secure formats. This package includes support for automatically configuring encrypted devices at boot time via the config file /etc/crypttab. Additional features are cryptoroot support through initramfs-tools and several supported ways to read a passphrase or key.

Tags: System Administration: System Boot, Filesystem Tool, Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Security: Cryptography, Privacy, Purpose: Configuration

Other Packages Related to cryptsetup

  • depends
  • recommends
  • suggests
  • dep: dmsetup
    The Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.4)
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.24)
    The Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library
  • dep: libpopt0 (>= 1.15)
    lib for parsing cmdline parameters
  • dep: libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
    Universally Unique ID library

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