Linux Unified Key Setup

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The Linux Unified Key Setup or LUKS is a disk encryption specification created by Clemens Fruhwirth, originally intended for Linux.

While most disk encryption software implement different and incompatible, undocumented formats, LUKS specifies a platform-independent standard on-disk format for use in various tools. This not only facilitates compatibility and interoperability amongst various different software, but also assures that they all implement password management in a secure and documented manner.

The reference implementation for LUKS works on Linux and is based on an enhanced version of cryptsetup, using dm-crypt as the disk encryption backend. Under Microsoft Windows, LUKS encrypted disks can be used with FreeOTFE.

LUKS has been designed to conform to the TKS1 secure key setup scheme.[1]

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  1. ^ Clemens Fruhwirth (2004-07-15). "TKS1 – An anti-forensic, two level, and iterated key setup scheme" (PDF). Retrieved on 2006-12-12.
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