Re: tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-08 Thread Milan Broz
On 10/08/2011 09:15 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > Milan Broz wrote: > > Truecrypt on Linux uses kernel dm-crypt, so it is all mainly about > > metadata format handling. > > > > I will probably try to add alternative to cryptsetup > > to handle directly Truecrypt format (which is documented on projec

Re: tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-08 Thread Dariusz J. Garbowski
On 08/10/11 01:15 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > Milan Broz wrote: > > Truecrypt on Linux uses kernel dm-crypt, so it is all mainly about > > metadata format handling. > > > > I will probably try to add alternative to cryptsetup > > to handle directly Truecrypt format (which is documented on

Re: tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-08 Thread Eric Smith
Milan Broz wrote: > Truecrypt on Linux uses kernel dm-crypt, so it is all mainly about > metadata format handling. > > I will probably try to add alternative to cryptsetup > to handle directly Truecrypt format (which is documented on project > page, outside of source), the same way I already

Re: tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-08 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:11:06 +0200 Milan Broz wrote: > Before this thread end in flame (as almost all discussions on this > list :-) > > Truecrypt on Linux uses kernel dm-crypt, so it is all mainly about > metadata format handling. > > I will probably try to add alternative to cryptsetup > to h

Re: tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-08 Thread Milan Broz
On 10/08/2011 04:17 AM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 10/08/2011 12:55 AM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > >> Is there any reason to use TrueCrypt, over the whole disk encryption >> that Fedora already provides? LUKS "just works" afaict ... > > Does it? It is not easily accessible for a regular end us

Re: tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-07 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 10/08/2011 12:55 AM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > Is there any reason to use TrueCrypt, over the whole disk encryption > that Fedora already provides? LUKS "just works" afaict ... Does it? It is not easily accessible for a regular end user and is not cross platform. Rahul -- devel mailing l

Re: tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-07 Thread Farkas Levente
On 10/07/2011 09:25 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 02:51:26PM -0400, Tom Callaway wrote: >> On 10/06/2011 04:54 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: >>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:28 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth >>> wrote: On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > If I re

Re: tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-07 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Fri, Oct 07, 2011 at 02:51:26PM -0400, Tom Callaway wrote: > On 10/06/2011 04:54 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:28 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth > > wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > >>> If I remember correctly it's not that TrueCrypt is non-free,

Re: tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-07 Thread Tom Callaway
On 10/06/2011 04:54 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:28 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth > wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: >>> If I remember correctly it's not that TrueCrypt is non-free, but that >>> the license is incompatible with Fedora and upstream was n

Re: tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-06 Thread Kevin Kofler
Richard Shaw wrote: > That's being rather pedantic... Yes it's considered non-free because > of the screwy licensing agreement, however, the software is free to > download and use, Free of charge (gratis) != Free Software Free Software as defined by the Free Software Foundation refers to freedom,

Re: tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-06 Thread charles zeitler
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:t, however, the software is free to > download and use, it is open source. (free (of cost) & open source) != Free software. > > Richard charles zeitler -- Love is the law, love under wi

Re: tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-06 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2011-10-06 at 15:54 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:28 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth > wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > >> If I remember correctly it's not that TrueCrypt is non-free, but that > >> the license is incompatible with Fedora and

Re: tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-06 Thread Richard Shaw
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:28 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: >> If I remember correctly it's not that TrueCrypt is non-free, but that >> the license is incompatible with Fedora and upstream was not willing >> to budge on that so it was re-branded

Re: tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-06 Thread T.C. Hollingsworth
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:37 AM, Eric Smith wrote: >> There was discussion back in 2007 of TrueCrypt, and the conclusion was >> that the license was non-free, with several major problems. > > Just an FYI, unless you specifically want to stay aw

Re: tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-06 Thread Richard Shaw
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:37 AM, Eric Smith wrote: > There was discussion back in 2007 of TrueCrypt, and the conclusion was > that the license was non-free, with several major problems. Just an FYI, unless you specifically want to stay away from problematic licences (i.e. Fedora) but don't have a

Re: tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-06 Thread Michel Alexandre Salim
Hi Eric, On 10/06/2011 10:37 AM, Eric Smith wrote: > There was discussion back in 2007 of TrueCrypt, and the conclusion was > that the license was non-free, with several major problems. > > There is now a BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt called tcplay, > which works with Linux using the de

tcplay: BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt

2011-10-06 Thread Eric Smith
There was discussion back in 2007 of TrueCrypt, and the conclusion was that the license was non-free, with several major problems. There is now a BSD-licensed alternative to TrueCrypt called tcplay, which works with Linux using the device mapper: https://github.com/bwalex/tc-play I've suce