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 ?
On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:42:39 -0500
"Zurk Tech" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 ?
Two reasons:
The author hasn't sent patches.
It looks to me the license is incompatible with the GPLv2.
Michal
aka author is being an idiot. *sigh*
-z-
On 11/6/07, Michal Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Two reasons:
> The author hasn't sent patches.
> It looks to me the license is incompatible with the GPLv2.
>
> Michal
>
Michal Schmidt schrieb:
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:42:39 -0500
> "Zurk Tech" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 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 ?
>
> Two reasons:
> The author hasn't sent patches.
> It looks to me the license is incompatible with the GPLv2.
Just FYI:
http://www.truecrypt.org/license.php
Regards,
Clemens Koller
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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