• oriond@lemmy.ml
    hexagon
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    11 months ago

    I can't remember but having my hard drive encrypted, I believe there is a single file that messing with it would render the drive not decryptable.

    • oriond@lemmy.ml
      hexagon
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      edit-2
      11 months ago

      Here is the command that will render a LUKS encrypted device un recoverable
      From the documentation.

      5.4 How do I securely erase a LUKS container?

      For LUKS, if you are in a desperate hurry, overwrite the LUKS header and key-slot area. For LUKS1 and LUKS2, just be generous and overwrite the first 100MB. A single overwrite with zeros should be enough. If you anticipate being in a desperate hurry, prepare the command beforehand. Example with /dev/sde1 as the LUKS partition and default parameters:

      head -c 100000000 /dev/zero > /dev/sde1; sync