For those of you that are interested, v2.00 of FreeOTFE has now been released. While it doesn't add a vast amount to it's LUKS/dm-crypt/cryptoloop compatibility, this should add various other settings, and usability features (including better support for Windows Vista) than the previous release. Available at: http://www.FreeOTFE.org/ Changes to the previous version: *) Implemented support for Windows Vista (although previous versions would work under Vista, they had a few minor issues) *) Added option to allow mounted volumes to be visible to all logged on users, or just the current user *) Added option to associate ".vol" files with FreeOTFE, in line with the PDA version, and defaulted open/save dialog filters. (Note that you are still free to use any filename with any filename extension). *) Added ability to store FreeOTFE settings in different places, or not at all if required *) Updated to automatically prompt user if they want to start portable mode if the main FreeOTFE driver isn't installed/running *) Added indicator to show portable mode activating *) Added ability to combine random number generators (RNGs) when generating random data for new volumes/changing passwords *) Added option to start FreeOTFE in portable mode without prompting if no installed drivers are found *) Added option to suppress prompting for volume type when volume files are drag 'n' dropped onto FreeOTFE *) Added additional prompt when creating new volumes to make it clearer when the minimum amount of information required had been entered *) Added option to allow user to specify where their settings should be stored (if they are to be saved) *) Added extra support for "odd" LUKS volumes which don't use the same cypher keylength for IV generation as encrypting data (e.g. volumes which use Blowfish-448 for data encryption, and cbc-essiv:sha256 actually use Blowfish-256 for their ESSIV IVs - this is now supported) *) Added detection of (nonstandard) Tiger and Whirlpool hashes when using LUKS volumes *) Removed redundant warning about drivers not being started in portable mode when they had been manually installed *) Corrected minor cosmetic issue with status bar display *) Added OS version ID to human readable CDB dumps *) Moved weaker drivers (FreeOTFE4PDAHashNull.dll, FreeOTFE4PDACypherNull.dll and FreeOTFE4PDACypherXOR.dll) into a "weak drivers" directory; most users shouldn't use these drivers, but they're still included in the release if needed -- Sarah Dean FreeOTFE site: http://www.FreeOTFE.org/ Personal site: http://www.SDean12.org/ For information on SecureTrayUtil, Shredders, On-The-Fly Encryption (OTFE) systems, etc, see the URLs above. --------------------------------------------------------------------- dm-crypt mailing list - http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: dm-crypt-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: dm-crypt-help@xxxxxxxx
