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SOLVED: cryptsetup on USB hard drive

Post by petedecember »

Greetings--
I just got a brand new 4Tb USB external hard drive. I would like to encrypt it somehow, perhaps with the same cryptsetup as my LM 19 laptop? I would like it to work seamlessly with my laptop, but my laptop will not be connected to it 100% of the time. I don't plan on hooking it up to any other computers than this laptop. This drive is totally empty so we are starting with a clean slate and do not need to worry about encrypting or saving any data. What do you suggest?
Thanks in advance.
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Re: cryptsetup on USB hard drive?

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Hi petedecember,

There are various options for doing this. One of the easiest is to use the "Disks" application (gnome-disk-utility).

How to Encrypt a Drive on Ubuntu 18.04 – Linux Hint
- scroll down to encrypting a USB Flash drive which would work with USB exertnal drive's and their partitions.
https://linuxhint.com/encrypt_drive_ubuntu/

"VeraCrypt" is another excellent option. FYI: There is also an easy PPA installation option for VeraCrypt in the 2nd link below.

VeraCrypt - Free Open source disk encryption with strong security for the Paranoid
https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html

How to Install and Use VeraCrypt to Encrypt Drives on Ubuntu 18.04 - kifarunix.com
https://kifarunix.com/how-to-install-an ... ntu-18-04/

How To Encrypt An USB Drive With VeraCrypt (Compatible With Windows, macOS and Linux) - Linux Uprising Blog
https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/10/h ... crypt.html

How To Use VeraCrypt to Easily Encrypt a USB Stick
https://www.groovypost.com/howto/veracr ... usb-stick/

Hope this helps ...
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Re: cryptsetup on USB hard drive?

Post by Minty00 »

The guys that recently wrote a pretty damning paper on Samsung and Crucial hardware encryption (and Bitlocker to a lesser extent for using the hardware encryption by default) also recommend VeraCrypt.

https://www.ru.nl/english/news-agenda/n ... -security/

I guess they know what they are talking about! It's what I plan to use on the external drive I plan on buying.
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Re: cryptsetup on USB hard drive?

Post by petedecember »

Thanks for the help!

I used the "Disks" application (gnome-disk-utility), AKA the easy way, and it worked perfectly. I think that I am going to encrypt my thumb drive next!
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Re: cryptsetup on USB hard drive?

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Hi petedecember,

You are welcome from all of us that replied...
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