From: Arnd Hannemann <arnd@arndnet.de>
To: Zurk Tech <zurktech@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Truecrypt in kernel ?
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:26:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4730799D.5020800@arndnet.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2ed59cbb0711051742k5e4a7858ie95126399006ba53@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,
Zurk Tech schrieb:
> i was trying to move my truecrypt container from my xp box to my
> debian etch box.
> on windows xp its just double click to mount it, no need to even
> install with the portable option.
> on linux i had to download the source of the kernel, compile it, add
> the truecrypt module, reboot and then mount it.
> just wondering why the truecrypt module isnt in the mainline kernel ?
> its the only cross platform encrypted disk solution out there and it
> should be less of a chore to use it in linux...is there something
> wrong with the truecrypt kernel driver ?
Its not the only cross platform solution: You could use LUKS[1] on linux
and FreeOTFE[2] on win platform. With modern linux distributions LUKS is
very easy to use.
[1] http://luks.endorphin.org
[2] http://www.freeotfe.org
Best regards, Arnd
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-06 14:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-06 1:42 Truecrypt in kernel ? Zurk Tech
2007-11-06 7:15 ` Michal Schmidt
2007-11-06 13:04 ` Zurk Tech
2007-11-06 13:08 ` Clemens Koller
2007-11-06 14:26 ` Arnd Hannemann [this message]
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