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2023-09-07 |
Ubuntu to offer more convenient disk encryption |
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Canonical is working to bring more convenient full disk encryption to Ubuntu's desktop edition. The new approach will no longer require the user to type in a password during the boot sequence. "For 15 years, Ubuntu's approach to full disk encryption relied on passphrases for authenticating users. On Ubuntu Core, however, FDE has been designed and implemented using trusted platform modules (TPMs) for more than 2 years now, starting with Core 20.
Based on Ubuntu Core's FDE design, we have been working on bringing TPM-backed full disk encryption to classic Ubuntu Desktop systems as well, starting with Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) - where it will be available as an experimental feature. This means that passphrases will no longer be needed on supported platforms, and that the secret used to decrypt the encrypted data will be protected by a TPM and recovered automatically only by early boot software that is authorised to access the data.". Additional details are provided in Canonical's blog post. |
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