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Linux Unified Key Setup
The Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) is a disk encryption specification created by Clemens Fruhwirth in 2004 and was originally intended for Linux.
While most disk encryption software implements different, incompatible, and undocumented formats, LUKS implements a platform-independent standard on-disk format for use in various tools. This not only facilitates compatibility and interoperability among different programs, but also assures that they all implement password management in a secure and documented manner.
The reference implementation for LUKS operates on Linux and
mounting Linux (e.g. LUKS) volumes under Windows
- LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) (Linux)
- TrueCrypt (Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X)
- VeraCrypt (Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and Mac OS X)
- CipherShed (Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X)
- DiskCryptor (Windows)
- Cryptographic disk (NetBSD)
- GEOM ELI module for FreeBSD
- softraid crypto for OpenBSD
- EncFS (Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X)