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Full Disk Encryption with Two-factor Authentication for Ubuntu: How?

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Background Information I'm a Linux newbie recently weaned off Windows. I'm currently using Ubuntu 11.04 without full disk encryption. Only my home directory is encrypted, and with eCryptFS. Lately, I've begun to notice that the encryption isn't as transparent as it should be. VMWare, for example, s…

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There's a simple way to have full disk encryption that requires the presence of a particular thumb drive AND your password to boot. What you do is detach the LUKS header from your fully-encrypted hard drive and store it on your thumb drive. I'll ass…

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