Tag Archives: encryption

How to mount SSHFS from Ubuntu

Posted on February 5, 2018 by SoCRaT

A more secure alternative to NFS or SAMBA would be to use SSHFS. Besides encrypting the data stream, it has many benefits, among which: Firewall-friendly, since it uses standard SSH ports Supports PKI To mount an SSH filesystem from Ubuntu, … Continue reading →

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Add an additional physical volume to your encrypted LVM volume group

Posted on July 18, 2017 by SoCRaT

With a default Linux Mint installation, do the following after connecting the new hard disk to your computer, we will assume the new HDD is /dev/sda: sudo pvcreate /dev/sda sudo vgextend mint-vg /dev/sda sudo lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/mint-vg/root sudo cryptsetup … Continue reading →

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How to encrypt a USB Flash Drive in Ubuntu using LUKS

Posted on January 3, 2017 by SoCRaT

We lose USB Flash drives all the time, so if you hold any sensitive or personal stuff, you’d better have it encrypted, just in case. Important Notes: This works only on Linux, won’t work on Windows or MAC Before you … Continue reading →

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How to fix unavailable swap problem after fresh installation of Ubuntu 14.04 with Home Encryption

Posted on May 24, 2014 by SoCRaT

This is a bug which makes the UUID unreadable in the /etc/crypttab and accordingly no swap will be read and used by the system, which is unacceptable of course. In order to solve this problem, all you have to do … Continue reading →

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