Thorsten Sick wrote: > Hello List > > Am Montag, den 17.12.2007, 11:49 -0500 schrieb John Richard Moser: >> In Gutsy, the alternate installer can now create encrypted LVM layouts >> (but with no fancy manipulation tools...). I am now curious about >> interoperability with Windows for encrypted external drives. >> >> External hard disks and flash drives using NTFS or FAT32 work in Linux >> or Windows now. The FreeOTFE program allows Windows to access a LUKS >> partition (NOT LVM) as well. > > For data-exchange media I would suggest something that runs on windows > out-of-the box (and on ubuntu of course). > Either automatically put a driver for windows in a non-encrypted part or > use something like the truecrypt traveller mode. >
truecrypt installs drivers in traveler mode. So does FreeOTFE in portable mode. FreeOTFE can read Linux LUKS partitions (which is what dm-crypt uses). Truecrypt does not run on windows out of teh box. If you're not administrator level, you can't use it. Same with FreeOTFE. > A user having encrypted data on a usb memory stick wants to use them on > about 99% of the computers he works with. If this is not possible, the > user will not encrypt at all. > So, they have the same ability on Windows with LUKS or truecrypt, and better on Linux with LUKS. >> Logically, it would help users with >> encryption needs to have a tool in GNOME to create LUKS-encrypted USB >> flash or hard drives, and request/change the key (file? Or just >> password?) when gnome-volume-manager detects them. > > Maybe automatically ask the user if he wants to encrypt the volume or > parts of it as soon as he attaches a new and empty usb device (stick or > external hd) > Every time he attaches it? "Do you want to destroy all data on this?" That's like asking to format a disk every time it's put in! > My two cent > Thorsten Sick >> I think this would be very interesting to users sharing private data >> between Windows and Linux. Truecrypt is a pain (all command line >> stuff), and Linux supports LUKS anyway. With LUKS on Linux and FreeOTFE >> accessing the LUKS partitions on Windows, users can easily share data >> via removable drives. >> >> -- >> Bring back the Firefox plushy! >> http://digg.com/linux_unix/Is_the_Firefox_plush_gone_for_good >> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322367 > -- Bring back the Firefox plushy! http://digg.com/linux_unix/Is_the_Firefox_plush_gone_for_good https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322367 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
