Questions tagged [encryption]
Encryption is the process of transforming information using an algorithm to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge.
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After enabling BitLocker on Virtual Machine on Hyper-V, I lost access to shared drives
I used to share my local Y: drive with a Virtual Machine running on Windows, using Windows' Hyper-V Manager. Then, the Y: drive would show up in the Virtual Machine as a local drive.
Once I enabled ...
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Bitlocker auto enabled on drive
The Bitlocker encryption was enabled on my partition device E: on its own post after a System Restore. Thus, I don't know where the key is. I am using a local account with no Windows account signed in....
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Protecting office/excel files from theft, changing MS office excel's auto recovery path is not working, whats the issue?
I'm changing excel 19's autorecover file location on windows 10 on excel/options/save to a folder on bitlocker encrypted partition. When editing file without saving, it creates a file with .xar ...
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ADATA SED SSD SX900
i have a ADATA SX900 256GB SSD and it has opal encryption on it. i can get into the SSD as i have the password, but i wish to deactivate the encryption, so i don't have to enter the password evertime. ...
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How to make thunderbird automatically encrypt emails if possible?
When I start to compose a new email in Thunderbird, I want it to automatically enable the Encrypt button after I type a recipient's email address into the To field, if I have that recipient's PGP key ...
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Can you unzip multiple password protected compressed files at once?
Is that possible in winrar or other application? If not, is there a way to bulk unzip all the files at once without having to input password? Thanks.
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Is it safe to switch RAM (two old for two new) when using VeraCrypt?
I use VeraCrypt to encrypt my C: drive. I purchased new RAM (2-kit) and plan to replace the old ones (2-kit).
I read this question about a problem when replacing RAM and using VeraCrypt, so I wanted ...
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How to clear PCR7 binding not possible?
I have been unable to find the requirements for PCR7 binding in Windows 11 Home edition. I have looked at various search results such as PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible, How do I enable PCR7 ...
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Spanish character password not working with ecryptfs
See answer below this post for the solution.
I'm using Linux Mint 21.1. I'm trying to decrypt a home directory that was encrypted on a previous install of Linux 20.1.
I'm using ecryptfs-recover-...
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Does the iPhone have an unencrytped boot partition? [migrated]
I'm trying to understand how the iPhone (and any other device) accomplishes its full-disk-encryption. When I have experimented with this on a Linux machine, when I encrypted the disk with LUKS ...
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BitLocker can't enable encryption on this hardware encrypting drive volume because the drive bands couldn't be enumerated
I'm using Windows 11 Pro. I'm trying to encrypt an external HDD through BitLocker (Seagate One Touch w/PW SCSI), size: 2TB.
My PC Specs:
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BitLocker can't enable encryption on this ...
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SSH encryption during the session, is it symmetric (a la TLS) or asymmetric?
I am reading in a Linux Admin book, from a well known publisher:
When a client initiates the SSH handshake, the server asks for the client's public key and
verifies it against its allowed public keys....
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Thunderbird sometimes renders decrypted content in its encrypted form when it is quoted in replies
I'm using Thunderbird with built-in OpenPGP encryption.
It works but I have a problem when I receive mail from specific accounts.
Usually, when I receive an encrypted message, it's decrypted on the ...
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Move sensitive browsing data to an _encrypted_ location
Where and exactly what files/directories do Google Chrome/IronSrware save with my sensitive private data?
I want to move them to the encrypted partition E: (Bitlocker(Windows 11/ I use Google account ...
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Cannot activate bitlocker on removable disk
I've activated BitLocker on all hard drives on my PC, without any problem. I've also modified the group policy for inserting a PIN when the computer starts.
But I'm having some problems when trying to ...
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encrypt files with larger size using openssl FIPS complaint
I want to encrypt files rather big size like 10MB-20MB. Ideally this is working fine if i encrypt files individually like.
openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -in file.txt -out RAW.gpg
Now i wanted to ...
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Generate private and public key from openssl with fips mode enabled
I am using openssl (V3). I want to encrypt and decrypt files using fips mode. For that i want to generate private and public key. How ever i am facing difficulty in generating. Command i tried to use ...
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Possible issues after turning on Bitlocker on Windows Server 2012 R2
I would like to turn on BitLocker encryption on a remote computer I don't have physical access to. What I am afraid of is that:
The operating system will not be able to boot after enabling BitLocker (...
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Temporarily Turn-Off VeraCrypt
I have a laptop that is fully encrypted with VeraCrypt. I mostly use it at home and do not need encryption. Is it possible to turn off Veracrypt/not require the Veracrypt password on each reboot ...
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Bitlocker does not detect my removable Hard-Drive, I cannot access it without restarting my computer
I have a problem concerning BitLocker and an external Hard-Drive.
(I am on Windows 10 and my hard drive is a WD Elements model.)
Sometimes, for a random reason my computer likes to forget that my ...
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Hacked Faceboook Profile and Encrypted PGP mail [duplicate]
Similarly to the issue Decrypting a PGP Message inside .asc file
my FaceBook profil has been stolen (unknown e-mail added, set as "main e-mail" for FB, password changed, and my own e-mail ...
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Decrypting a PGP Message inside .asc file
I recently had my Facebook account hacked/stolen. I went through Facebook's "identify" process, and was sent an email with the subject: "Encrypted Notification from Facebook [<...
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How can I start a secret chat on Telegram Desktop?
I know how to start a secret chat with someone using Telegram on my mobile device. But - using the Linux desktop client, I can't find an option for doing that. Does it exist?
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Everyday usage of a computer encrypted with VeraCrypt
I'm considering adding encryption to my pc, but I wanted to ask how the daily usage of the computer changes after encrypting the Windows partition with Vera Crypt.
Ideally I would like to encrypt the ...
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Bitlocker drives not being recognized
I've used USB connected Bitlocker encrypted drives over the years and have never had any issues unlocking them on other machines. However I have some new Toshiba 8 TB drives that I can't get any ...
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System does not see fully encryped luks disk
I had a laptop with debian, which was encrypted using this guide https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Full_Disk_Encryption_Howto_2019
Recently the laptop suffered major physical damage, ssd slot was ...
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Is it safe to share a SHA-256 hash to check that a sensative number has been copied correctly? [closed]
Say I would like to receive a sensitive number from someone (e.g. bank account details). Would it be safe to share the number over the phone and then send an email with the SHA-256 hash of the number ...
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Seamless integrated encryption for Windows that also encrypts the file names?
I recently discovered about the EFS (Encrypting File System) feature on Windows and so far I liked what it had to offer; with just a few clicks the file(s) are encrypted and aren't accessible even ...
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Can I safely mount a file container from a shared directory to 2 computers?
Lets say I have an unencrypted file container; I ran mkfs.ext4 on some file. Now lets say I've backed up this file to Dropbox and am using rclone to actively mount the directory containing this file ...
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Full disk encryption: remotely enter password (Veracrypt or other solutions)
my computer's OS drive is fully encrypted with Veracrypt's system encryption: https://veracrypt.eu/en/System%20Encryption.html
Is there a way to remotely enter the password in the pre-boot ...
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Automatically unlock hardware encrypted Bitlocker data drive
I have three drives in my system, the boot drive with Windows 10 installed, and two data drives. One of the data drives is software encrypted with Bitlocker and works fine. The other data drive has ...
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Padlock sign on C, D and E drive
So I use Windows 11 home version. Last night I added another account on my laptop making it aslo an administrator. Then I checked This PC and and I found all my drives have the open padlock icon.
I ...
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Reinstalled OS without decrypting my drive
Processor:Ryzen 9 3900x
Motherboard: Aorus x570 elite
A while ago I encrypted my E:\ drive which had most of my stuff and forgot about it. I had to reinstall windows (C:) due to some issues and forgot ...
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Error on gpg key exported from linux to Mac
I have exported a gpg key from linux to Mac. Exporting commands on linux are as follows
gpg --export-secret-keys -a test_01.asc
gpg --export -a test_01_pub.asc
Importing commands on Mac are as ...
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Decrypt a file using an RSA key pair I created in PuttyGen
I created a public and private key pair in PuttyGen (RSA-2048) and gave the public key to a co-worker to encrypt a string. It was ultimately encrypted by a Microsoft Azure service and then the ...
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Is it bitlocker secure? [closed]
I was thinking in the possibility to use bitlocker to secure the data of a drive in my computer.
But if I am not wrong, to encrypt the data, it is used a key that belongs to the user, so to can access ...
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Booting from a persistent live usb on MX linux and enabling systemd?
I have created a Live USB with persistent storage using MX Linux since they offer a few tools which makes it easier.
After booting and installing a bunch of applications I was not able to enable the ...
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Recovering a zip decryption password I have used it once and then forgot it [duplicate]
So I have received a ZIP file that is password encrypted.
I have used BreeZip to unzip and view the files initially, which required a password, which I have lost. As I was using the free version of ...
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Recovering encryption keys from previous Windows 10 installation
I have installed a new version of Windows 10 on a new pc, and I've got some encrypted files from another windows PC which I haven't exported any keystores or anything from.
I have the Windows/User ...
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Can I configure Thunderbird/Enigmail to use encryption only for sending/receiving, not for local storage?
I'd like to use email encryption only for the transport, not for local storage (for reasoning, see the end). I want to have all my email decrypted locally (in Sent, Deleted, Inbox, etc.), but ...
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is physical acces to mounted encrypted disk a threat?
Regarding my other question about backupping routines in Creating backup process with a pi, should I use push or pull? I need to know more about decrypting encrypted disks etc.
So, if I have a pi (or ...
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How to completely enable remote content in Thunderbird?
I have seen this being discussed at multiple places, however the most obvious answers do not work for me.
I have Thunderbird 102.7.1 (64-bit) with Allow remote content in messages option enabled, but ...
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Wireshark filtering, wpa2 handshake type value and other types
I am capturing a wpa2 handshake with wireshark, and there is the type value of 03 which is a key I wonder if this type is constant for wpa2 handshakes, also the value of other types, if there were to ...
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Kali Linux Hashing Algorithm
I'm a junior penetration tester student, learning many new things in cyber security and putting as much of it in practice as I can. I was practicing some hash identifying and cracking, and as I was ...
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Unable to decrypt EFS files after changing user credentials in Win 10
I had encrypted some files and folders in my local user account in Windows 10.
I changed the username and password of that local user account and also the administrator account.
After that, I was ...
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If I remove the Luks-encrypted drive to another motherboard, will I be able to run my system there?
If I remove the drive to another motherboard (for example from PC to Notebook), will I be able to run my Luks-encrypted system there without any problem?
What if there are several systems on that ...
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Encryption method used by airdrop and OpenDrop?
We can use airdrop on apple devices. There is also the OpenDrop project https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop (which says "OpenDrop: an Open Source AirDrop Implementation" in its readme.md ...
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Wildly varying throughput
I did some test with various raid setups. For all of them, I created everything (e.g. volume group, logical volumes, etc) with default values, no modifications.
I am having trouble understanding
LVM ...
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Samsung 960 EVO nvme encrypted so can't secure erase
I have a Samsung 960 EVO from 2016ish (I think) and a year or so ago I built a new computer. I bought a 2 TB SSD, so I wasn't too interested in my 512 GB. The drive was encrypted with BitLocker using ...
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Windows - Enable Device Encryption for Home version
I have a Windows 11 Home edition which is not a laptop and I need to have my Hard-Drive encrypted.
The issue is that BitLocker is only available for Win Professional edition.
I've found our the Device ...
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