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<h1>Encrypting USB with luks</h1>
<h3>Date: 17-02-2024</h3>
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<h2>What you will need 📋</h2>
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<li>A USB drive</li>
<li>A computer with Linux 🐧🖥</li>
<li>The ability to read instructions and to follow them 🧠</li>
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<p>1) Install cryptsetup
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<p>sudo pacman -S cryptsetup</p>
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<p>2) Backup any information on the USB stick because this process involves formatting the USB drive.</p>
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<p>3) Formatting USB.</p>
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sudo fdisk /dev/sdX
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<p>The X being your USB drive.</p>
<p>Press the following keys: <br> o <br> n <br> Press enter for the rest <br>w</p>
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<p>4) Encryption time!
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sudo cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sdX1
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<p><a href="../../internet/safety/02Passwords">Make your password secure please!</a>
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<p>5) Decrypt USB</p>
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sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdX1 USB
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<p>Note: The first password is your root user password, not the encryption password. I have sadly made this mistake in the past.</p>
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<p>6) Format the Encrypted Partition</p>
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sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/USB
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<p>Depending on the size of the USB, this may take some time. For me, it took 3 minutes.</p>
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<p>Step 7: Mount the Encrypted Partition</p>
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sudo mkdir -p /mnt/USB
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sudo mount /dev/mapper/USB /mnt/USB
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<h2>Finished ✅</h2>
<p>Your password better be good dude. Make sure to memorize it!</p>
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