veracrypt
Free and open source disk encryption software. More information: https://www.veracrypt.fr/code/VeraCrypt/plain/doc/html/Documentation.html.
- Create a new volume through a text user interface and use
/dev/urandom
as a source of random data:
veracrypt --text --create --random-source=
/dev/urandom
- Decrypt a volume interactively through a text user interface and mount it to a directory:
veracrypt --text
path/to/volume
path/to/mount_point
- Decrypt a partition using a keyfile and mount it to a directory:
veracrypt --keyfiles=
path/to/keyfile
/dev/sdXN
path/to/mount_point
- Dismount a volume on the directory it is mounted to:
veracrypt --dismount
path/to/mounted_point