Week 4: Encrypted Filesystems & Secure Containers
🎯 Goal Learn how to protect local data at rest using encrypted filesystems and containers. Explore tools like LUKS, cryptsetup, gocryptfs, and veracrypt, and practice encrypting backups using tar and rsync over SSH. 🌱 New to this? If the command line feels like a lot, Privacy 101 covers encrypted storage with a graphical, beginner-friendly walkthrough (VeraCrypt, Cryptomator) first: Privacy 101 Week 9: Encrypted Storage → 1. Why Encrypt Data at Rest? Prevent access if your device is lost, stolen, or seized Protect sensitive logs, identity files, password stores Essential for laptops, USB drives, and backups 2. Full-Disk and Partition Encryption with LUKS What Is LUKS? Standard for Linux disk encryption Uses cryptsetup to manage encrypted partitions Key benefits: strong encryption, passphrase support, keyslots WARNING The following examples will erase data. Only do this on test devices or virtual machines. ...