====== Crypto ====== Setup crypted Partition You can use a cryptfile, but a partition is more comfortable than a 20gb file and more stable. Commands - modern encryption - Android 6: openssl enc -aes-256-ctr -pass pass:"$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=128 count=1 2>/dev/null | base64)" -nosalt < /dev/zero > /dev/mmcblk0_foo cryptsetup -c aes-xts-plain64 --key-size 512 --hash sha512 -y luksFormat /dev/mmcblk0p2 cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/mmcblk0p2 sdhome mkfs.ext4 -j -m 1 -O dir_index,filetype -L homecrypt /dev/mapper/sdhome Old android: On a Android 4.0 device i used these settings, because the kernel does not support the cipher above: cryptsetup luksDump ... Cipher name: twofish Cipher mode: cbc-plain Hash spec: sha1 This works, too: cryptsetup -c aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 --hash sha256 -y luksFormat /dev/mmcblk0p2 Test: mount /dev/mapper/sdhome /mnt/sd/ # cop< stuff .. umount /mnt/sd cryptsetup luksClose /dev/mapper/sdhome # retry Mount the partition in linux bootscript: busybox mkdir $chrootdir/dev/block/ busybox -o bind /dev/block/ /$chrootdir/dev/block Then inside the chroot, it can be mounted cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 sdhome mount /dev/mapper/home /mnt/sd