Common protected (Encrypted) partition for both Windows and Ubuntu
I have installed Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 on my hard drive (Dual Boot). I like to have a common encrypted partition which will be available for both Windows and Ubuntu.
When I was using Windows as my only Operating System, I used BitLocker for this. Since now I'm using both Windows & Ubuntu, I cannot use BitLocker because BitLocker doesn't support Ubuntu.
So, What is the best way to have a common encrypted partition?
In addition, are there any partition formats/types (fat32, NTFS, etc.) specially designed for encryption?
dual-boot partitioning windows encryption
asked May 14 '16 at 7:19
D TD T
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I have installed Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 on my hard drive (Dual Boot). I like to have a common encrypted partition which will be available for both Windows and Ubuntu.
When I was using Windows as my only Operating System, I used BitLocker for this. Since now I'm using both Windows & Ubuntu, I cannot use BitLocker because BitLocker doesn't support Ubuntu.
So, What is the best way to have a common encrypted partition?
In addition, are there any partition formats/types (fat32, NTFS, etc.) specially designed for encryption?
dual-boot partitioning windows encryption
asked May 14 '16 at 7:19
D TD T
1066
what do you want, a encrypted partition so that it is available in both OS'es, if that is what you want that isn't going to work because it need windows developers and Linux developers to work together to create it, if you want your files to be hidden in windows, then format Ubuntu partition as anything except 'NTFS' and 'fat'. ext4 works well.
– Looserof7
May 14 '16 at 8:42
1
Cross site duplicate superuser.com/questions/1076784/…
– Xen2050
May 15 '16 at 21:08
Related: superuser.com/q/376533/485660
– D T
Mar 12 at 10:55
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I have installed Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 on my hard drive (Dual Boot). I like to have a common encrypted partition which will be available for both Windows and Ubuntu.
When I was using Windows as my only Operating System, I used BitLocker for this. Since now I'm using both Windows & Ubuntu, I cannot use BitLocker because BitLocker doesn't support Ubuntu.
So, What is the best way to have a common encrypted partition?
In addition, are there any partition formats/types (fat32, NTFS, etc.) specially designed for encryption?
dual-boot partitioning windows encryption
asked May 14 '16 at 7:19
D TD T
1066
I have installed Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 on my hard drive (Dual Boot). I like to have a common encrypted partition which will be available for both Windows and Ubuntu.
When I was using Windows as my only Operating System, I used BitLocker for this. Since now I'm using both Windows & Ubuntu, I cannot use BitLocker because BitLocker doesn't support Ubuntu.
So, What is the best way to have a common encrypted partition?
In addition, are there any partition formats/types (fat32, NTFS, etc.) specially designed for encryption?
dual-boot partitioning windows encryption
dual-boot partitioning windows encryption
asked May 14 '16 at 7:19
D TD T
1066
asked May 14 '16 at 7:19
D TD T
1066
edited Mar 12 at 10:53
D T
asked May 14 '16 at 7:19
D TD T
1066
asked May 14 '16 at 7:19
D TD T
1066
asked May 14 '16 at 7:19
D TD T
1066
1066
what do you want, a encrypted partition so that it is available in both OS'es, if that is what you want that isn't going to work because it need windows developers and Linux developers to work together to create it, if you want your files to be hidden in windows, then format Ubuntu partition as anything except 'NTFS' and 'fat'. ext4 works well.
– Looserof7
May 14 '16 at 8:42
1
Cross site duplicate superuser.com/questions/1076784/…
– Xen2050
May 15 '16 at 21:08
Related: superuser.com/q/376533/485660
– D T
Mar 12 at 10:55
add a comment |
what do you want, a encrypted partition so that it is available in both OS'es, if that is what you want that isn't going to work because it need windows developers and Linux developers to work together to create it, if you want your files to be hidden in windows, then format Ubuntu partition as anything except 'NTFS' and 'fat'. ext4 works well.
– Looserof7
May 14 '16 at 8:42
1
Cross site duplicate superuser.com/questions/1076784/…
– Xen2050
May 15 '16 at 21:08
Related: superuser.com/q/376533/485660
– D T
Mar 12 at 10:55
what do you want, a encrypted partition so that it is available in both OS'es, if that is what you want that isn't going to work because it need windows developers and Linux developers to work together to create it, if you want your files to be hidden in windows, then format Ubuntu partition as anything except 'NTFS' and 'fat'. ext4 works well.
– Looserof7
May 14 '16 at 8:42
what do you want, a encrypted partition so that it is available in both OS'es, if that is what you want that isn't going to work because it need windows developers and Linux developers to work together to create it, if you want your files to be hidden in windows, then format Ubuntu partition as anything except 'NTFS' and 'fat'. ext4 works well.
– Looserof7
May 14 '16 at 8:42
1
1
Cross site duplicate superuser.com/questions/1076784/…
– Xen2050
May 15 '16 at 21:08
Cross site duplicate superuser.com/questions/1076784/…
– Xen2050
May 15 '16 at 21:08
Related: superuser.com/q/376533/485660
– D T
Mar 12 at 10:55
Related: superuser.com/q/376533/485660
– D T
Mar 12 at 10:55
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This might work with LUKS encrypted containers. You have to create one with
cryptsetup -s 512 --hash sha256 luksFormat /dev/partitionNode
(Soon to be released KDE Partition Manager 2.2 can also create luks partitions but at the moment you would have to compile it yourself)
Then open your encrypted device with
cryptsetup open /dev/partitionNode cryptName
and then format device /dev/mapper/cryptName with some filesystem.
Then there are a few options for inner FileSystem. Something like FAT32/NTFS will automatically work in both OSes. You can also try more advanced file systems like Btrfs with btrfs driver for windows
You can try opening LUKS partitions in Windows using
LibreCrypt.
answered May 19 '16 at 12:05
Andrius ŠtikonasAndrius Štikonas
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This might work with LUKS encrypted containers. You have to create one with
cryptsetup -s 512 --hash sha256 luksFormat /dev/partitionNode
(Soon to be released KDE Partition Manager 2.2 can also create luks partitions but at the moment you would have to compile it yourself)
Then open your encrypted device with
cryptsetup open /dev/partitionNode cryptName
and then format device /dev/mapper/cryptName with some filesystem.
Then there are a few options for inner FileSystem. Something like FAT32/NTFS will automatically work in both OSes. You can also try more advanced file systems like Btrfs with btrfs driver for windows
You can try opening LUKS partitions in Windows using
LibreCrypt.
answered May 19 '16 at 12:05
Andrius ŠtikonasAndrius Štikonas
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This might work with LUKS encrypted containers. You have to create one with
cryptsetup -s 512 --hash sha256 luksFormat /dev/partitionNode
(Soon to be released KDE Partition Manager 2.2 can also create luks partitions but at the moment you would have to compile it yourself)
Then open your encrypted device with
cryptsetup open /dev/partitionNode cryptName
and then format device /dev/mapper/cryptName with some filesystem.
Then there are a few options for inner FileSystem. Something like FAT32/NTFS will automatically work in both OSes. You can also try more advanced file systems like Btrfs with btrfs driver for windows
You can try opening LUKS partitions in Windows using
LibreCrypt.
answered May 19 '16 at 12:05
Andrius ŠtikonasAndrius Štikonas
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add a comment |
This might work with LUKS encrypted containers. You have to create one with
cryptsetup -s 512 --hash sha256 luksFormat /dev/partitionNode
(Soon to be released KDE Partition Manager 2.2 can also create luks partitions but at the moment you would have to compile it yourself)
Then open your encrypted device with
cryptsetup open /dev/partitionNode cryptName
and then format device /dev/mapper/cryptName with some filesystem.
Then there are a few options for inner FileSystem. Something like FAT32/NTFS will automatically work in both OSes. You can also try more advanced file systems like Btrfs with btrfs driver for windows
You can try opening LUKS partitions in Windows using
LibreCrypt.
answered May 19 '16 at 12:05
Andrius ŠtikonasAndrius Štikonas
54038
This might work with LUKS encrypted containers. You have to create one with
cryptsetup -s 512 --hash sha256 luksFormat /dev/partitionNode
(Soon to be released KDE Partition Manager 2.2 can also create luks partitions but at the moment you would have to compile it yourself)
Then open your encrypted device with
cryptsetup open /dev/partitionNode cryptName
and then format device /dev/mapper/cryptName with some filesystem.
Then there are a few options for inner FileSystem. Something like FAT32/NTFS will automatically work in both OSes. You can also try more advanced file systems like Btrfs with btrfs driver for windows
You can try opening LUKS partitions in Windows using
LibreCrypt.
answered May 19 '16 at 12:05
Andrius ŠtikonasAndrius Štikonas
54038
answered May 19 '16 at 12:05
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answered May 19 '16 at 12:05
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what do you want, a encrypted partition so that it is available in both OS'es, if that is what you want that isn't going to work because it need windows developers and Linux developers to work together to create it, if you want your files to be hidden in windows, then format Ubuntu partition as anything except 'NTFS' and 'fat'. ext4 works well.
– Looserof7
May 14 '16 at 8:42
1
Cross site duplicate superuser.com/questions/1076784/…
– Xen2050
May 15 '16 at 21:08
Related: superuser.com/q/376533/485660
– D T
Mar 12 at 10:55