LUKS is the manner in which most Linux-based operating systems (such as Ubuntu) achieve full disk encryption.
If you install a Linux guest (let's say for the sake of discussion, Ubuntu) using VirtualBox's dynamically allocated storage, how does that interact with LUKS? As the dynamically allocated storage expands, is the expansion encrypted? Or is only the disk at the time of creation encrypted?
What's the interaction between LUKS and VirtualBox dynamically allocated storage disks?
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Re: What's the interaction between LUKS and VirtualBox dynamically allocated storage disks?
There is no connection between the two, just as there is no connection between LUKS and a Western Digital drive on a physical PC.
If the guest OS asks the hardware to store data, the hardware stores data. End of story. The hardware (virtual or not) doesn't care what the data is.
Probably you have some kind of misunderstanding of what dynamic storage is. E.g. that it works at a sector level and knows nothing about files, file systems, partitions or whatever.
If the guest OS asks the hardware to store data, the hardware stores data. End of story. The hardware (virtual or not) doesn't care what the data is.
Probably you have some kind of misunderstanding of what dynamic storage is. E.g. that it works at a sector level and knows nothing about files, file systems, partitions or whatever.