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libluksde is a library to access the Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) Disk Encryption format.

Project information:

• Status: experimental
• Licence: LGPL-3.0-or-later

Read-only supported LUKS formats:

• version 1

Unsupported LUKS formats:

• version 2

Supported encryption methods:

• AES (AES-CBC, AES-ECB, AES-XTS)
• ARC4 (ARC4-ECB)
• Blowfish (Blowfish-CBC, Blowfish-ECB)
• Serpent (Serpent-CBC, Serpent-ECB)

Unsupported encryption methods:

• anubis
• ARC4-CBC
• cast5
• cast6
• twofish

Supported initialization vector modes:

• benbi
• ESSIV (SHA1, SHA256)
• null
• plain, plain64

Unsupported initialization vector modes:

• lmk
• plumb

Supported password hashing methods:

• SHA1
• SHA224
• SHA256
• SHA512

Unsupported password hashing methods:

• RIPEMD160

Work in progress:

• Thread-safety in volume API functions

Planned:

• Dokan library support

For more information see:

• How to build from source
• Downloads
• Documentation