Cryptsetup is a utility used to conveniently setup disk encryption based on the dm-crypt kernel module
Used by the Gnome Disk Utility to encrypt/decrypt, open/close volumes
To unlock/open a LUKS encrypted volume and create a new device which will be in plain text
The plain text device will be under /dev/mapper/your-label-name
This can be mounted with
This can also be mounted by the file manager by clicking on it
To remove the volume
To lock/close a LUKS encrypted volume and remove the plain text device
To see more information about the encrypted drive/partition/file
Startup, /etc/init/cryptdisks-enable.conf (start)
package cryptsetup, cryptsetup-bin
code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/w/list
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/