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feature luks nuker

Alexey Gladkov edited this page Feb 2, 2026 · 1 revision

Feature: luks-nuker

Feature provides support for emergency destruction of encrypted partitions.

About

The luks-nuker precedes cryptsetup's input, read it and tries to match it with the nuking password. Under normal circumstances it doesn't reveal itself at all.

Refer to the /etc/luks-nuker.conf to get more information about and configure it.

How to get

You can get luks-nuker from git repository. Also it is distributed by ALT Linux Sisyphus.

Parameters

  • LUKS_NUKER_ARGS -- Specifies luks-nuker arguments. Empty by default.

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