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k3rn31

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Disk Encryption Question

Hi guys. I use for disk encryption the truecrypt but I am not satisfied because I need a good GUI for the linux version and the tcgui is not as good as I want. I need to encrypt my disk and to open it in both windows and linux. Can you suggest me another solution? If I use GPG I can mount it with Windows?

Thank you

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johannesheld

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Re: Disk Encryption Question

You could try Truecrypt for that.
And even then - you need to think about the fs in the container.

But I'm not really into this subject.

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chimeric

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Re: Disk Encryption Question

I would say that at the moment truecrypt is the best option when it comes to make encrypted devices accessible on Linux and Windows, by either using FAT32 or ext2 (IIRC there's an ext2 driver for Windows). Despite of that, when it comes to encryption, and security of data, I wouldn't base the decision on something like: "the GUI isn't good enough" .

k3rn31

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Re: Disk Encryption Question

Ok thanks. But with GnuPG can I make an encrypted disk readable in Windows?

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chimeric

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Re: Disk Encryption Question

You can't encrypt whole disks with GnuPG. Also, GnuPG works completely different than truecrypt. Truecrypt adds a layer, that encrypts/decrypts the IO stream "on-the-fly" before it's written and before it's read to/from the disk. GnuPG just stores an unencrypted file A to an encrypted file B, and whenever you want to "read" that file you have to decrypt it first, thus, it's possible to decrypt GnuPG encrypted files on Linux and Windows.

k3rn31

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Re: Disk Encryption Question

Thank you. Ok I will continue to use the truecrypt. But I need to install the 5 version but I got errors in manual install (in make) and I don't find a repo (pacman) or a pkg in AUR... Any ideas?

Thanks

Last edited by k3rn31 (2008-03-08 13:24:40)

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chimeric

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Re: Disk Encryption Question

I quote the answer from Romashka in the other thread:

You can do this by yourself using abs and makepkg.

The version you're looking for isn't in AUR yet. If you need this version badly, you could either make yourself comfortable with the ABS and modify the existing PKGBUILD of truecrypt and build it yourself, or you could post a package request int the AUR Package Request Forum. In case you choose to build it yourself and run into any problems you'll get help in the PKGBUILDs and ABS Support Forum.

Last edited by chimeric (2008-03-08 16:40:43)

k3rn31

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Re: Disk Encryption Question

Thank you! I will request it

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