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00000040  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  72 69 70 65 6d 64 31 36  |........ripemd16|
 
00000040  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  72 69 70 65 6d 64 31 36  |........ripemd16|
 
00000050  30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |0...............|
 
00000050  30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |0...............|
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The encryption mode is in the format:
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chaining_mode[-initialization_vector_mode[:initialization_vector_options]]
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Which in the example is:
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cbc-essiv:sha256
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And the password hashing method in the example is:
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ripemd160
 
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Revision as of 17:52, 23 December 2013

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Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) is commonly used by Linux to encrypt storage media volumes. LUKS is implemented in the Linux kernel in dm-crypt (dm = Device Mapper) and the user-space component cryptsetup.

LUKS supports various encryption methods, like:

These encryption methods can be used in various chaining modes and with various initialization vector modes.

How to detect

A LUKS encrypted volume starts with the "LUKS\xba\xbe" signature.

A hexdump of the start of the volume should look similar to: 

00000000  4c 55 4b 53 ba be 00 01  61 65 73 00 00 00 00 00  |LUKS....aes.....|
00000010  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000020  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  63 62 63 2d 65 73 73 69  |........cbc-essi|
00000030  76 3a 73 68 61 32 35 36  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |v:sha256........|
00000040  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  72 69 70 65 6d 64 31 36  |........ripemd16|
00000050  30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |0...............|

The encryption mode is in the format: 

chaining_mode[-initialization_vector_mode[:initialization_vector_options]]

Which in the example is: 

cbc-essiv:sha256

And the password hashing method in the example is: 

ripemd160

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