Re: [Hampshire] Alternatives to TrueCrypt? (Imran Chaudhry)

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Author: Jonathan Hudson
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Alternatives to TrueCrypt? (Imran Chaudhry)
LUKS. Prompted once, saved in login keyring etc.

-jonathan


On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 14:12:23 +0000, Anthony wrote:

>On Sat, Mar 14, 2015, at 12:00 PM, hampshire-request@???
>wrote:
>> Just wondered what software folks are using to encrypt USB HDDs?
>
> +1
>
>> I used TrueCrypt pretty successfully but it's now unmaintained:
>> http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/
>
>Around the time it was discontinued I got the impression it would be OK
>to continue using truecrypt-7.1a.
>
>> I tried out eCryptfs sometime back but found it a bit of a hassle as
>> it meant I had to mount things twice (the USB HDD and the encrypted
>> partition).
>
>Would a 'mount && mount' script be acceptable?
>
>> What alternatives are out there which are secure, maintained and
>> somewhat hassle-free when it comes to removable storage?
>>
>> Bonus points for GUI-based and able to be used easily with Debian stable.
>
>I can create a desktop icon that runs a command (e.g. script) and AFAIR
>put that icon on the task bar. Presumably that capability's provided by
>XFCE unless it's courtesy of SolydX, which is based on XFCE and Debian.
>BTW how do you tell who provides which functionality?
>
>Anthony
>
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