How to start playing with Bochs Emulator

Here is the how to:

First download the source code:

https://bochs.sourceforge.io/

and compile: (make clean, make and then "sudo make install".

Immediately after starting "bochs":

In the home directory where you download Bochs, there is a file ".bochsrc" which you have to update with some boot devices configuration information (BXSHARE variables):

And the following as well:

And then restarting again:

To get the different disk image for different OS, it can be downloaded from here:

https://bochs.sourceforge.io/diskimages.html

And the download images also provided the configuration file as well, and so all the above errors will not happen.

For example for linux image these are the files embedded:

And starting up with bochs:

https://www.jianshu.com/p/036d639f56cd

Another source of instructions:

https://theintobooks.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/installing-bochs/

Another hacking Bochs webpage:

https://defuse.ca/bochs-images.htm

And following the "Debian" wheezy image in Defuse.ca:

https://defuse.ca/bochs-hacking-guide.htm

https://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall08/cos318/precepts/bochs_gdb.html

Linux-based Disk Encryption

https://docs.nvidia.com/drive/drive_os_5.1.6.1L/nvvib_docs/index.html#page/DRIVE_OS_Linux_SDK_Development_Guide/Windows%20Systems/security_disk_encryption_lnx.html

https://blog.cloudflare.com/speeding-up-linux-disk-encryption/

https://bruceoutdoors.wordpress.com/2020/04/24/how-to-setup-luks2-encrypted-ubuntu-20-04-with-dual-boot/

https://www.hebergementwebs.com/gnu-linux/encrypt-a-disk-or-usb-key-on-ubuntu-20-04-with-luks

https://mutschler.eu/linux/install-guides/ubuntu-btrfs/

https://irq5.io/2014/11/19/bruteforcing-luks-volumes-explained/: how to bruteforce the password if you have forgotten it.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Full_Disk_Encryption_Howto_2019

https://dev-notes.eu/2020/12/LUKS-Encrypt-Hard-Drive-with-Cryptsetup-on-Ubuntu-20.04/

Galaxy

https://www.spinup.com/how-to-encrypt-a-block-storage-volume-with-luks-on-ubuntu-20-04/

How it worked internally:

Galaxy

EncFS:

https://github.com/vgough/encfs

Bruteforcing (good for pentesting scenario):

https://irq5.io/2014/11/19/bruteforcing-luks-volumes-explained/

Awesome 10 hour auditing (ONLY!!) of filesystem (with source code):

https://defuse.ca/audits/encfs.htm