-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 There are actually several ways to do this in linux. Here is a fairly good tutorial that does not rely on a 3rd party download
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/06/07/2036205 Even though the tutorial walks you through compiling stuff, I found that stock Debian and KUbuntu had everything I needed as packages. Of course I found this to be way more effort than it was worth (Data integrity is far more important to me). Mitchell Brown wrote: > Anyone ever used it? I just downloaded it for my Windows box its very cool. > What it does is it lets you mount secure virtual volumes. Lets pretend, > that you have some porn. I'm gonna make a secure volume and call it " > ImportantWorkSpreadsheet.xls" or whatever. It doesn't matter what > name/extension it is, because TrueCrypt get the data from inside the > file. So, we've made say, a 3GB volume (you have *alot* of porn!). > Then, we're gonna mount it with TrueCrypt to, lets say, the "P:\" drive. > So, we go back to Windows Explorer, and move all your unencrypted porn > from "C:\heresmyporncomelookatme" to "P:\" which is really > "C:\ImportantWorkSpreadsheet.xls". The encryption happens on the fly. > So, when you unmount it, it just goes away like that! (Now you just have > to worry about your boss trying to open this 3GB spreadsheet and > listening to Excel complain that its invalid! > > That's the first way to do it. The other way is to encrypt a whole > device (partition). Lets pretend I have a whole bunch of important work > files on "D:\". We want to encrypt the D: drive with TrueCrypt. Then, > the whole device is 100% secure and can't be opened without mounting it > in TrueCrypt with the right passphrase. (Note: when you choose to > encrypt a device, it will *wipe* it, to encrypt it. So move all your > stuff onto another drive and then move them back on once its encrypted). > > Pretty neat eh? :) Now, you're wondering "Wow, if only something like > that existed for Linux!!!!" Well, it does. The project is completely > opensource! They have a linux version yippee! > > http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads.php > > So try it out :D > > -- > pub 1024D/9091C422 02/05/2006 Mitchell Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Primary key fingerprint: 812B 94BC EA0D 345A CC1C 2ED9 F7F6 5CCF > 9091 C422 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEcrkgwRXgH3rKGfMRAofNAKCxslCoHySeQZbSnaq/opSqmOYwnwCdHijd bdzR6E/VfEP2QBrfN4fmw38= =+MJM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
