On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:02:27 -0700, Randall Braun MS,RT\(R\) wrote: >Ms Dean and/or anyone wishing to answer, how does one integrate FreeOTFE >with dm-crypt/LUKS? > >I can find no instructions/answers on how to integrate FreeOTFE with >dm-crypt/LUKS in the Windows XP (and maybe also Vista, 2003 & Windows 7) >environment on any of the relevant source web sites or wiki/Wikipedia sites. > >Or is dm-crypt/LUKS already integrated into FreeOFTE? FreeOTFE allows you to mount dmcrypt/LUKS volumes under Windows and access them as though the encrypted volume was just another drive connected to your PC. Using FreeOTFE is pretty straightforward - just select "File | Linux | Mount file..." (or "File | Linux | Mount partition..." as appropriate), select the encrypted Linux volume to be mounted, and then enter the right password (and other details, if needed). A new drive will appear, allowing you to freely read and write to the encrypted volume. Further information (abiet a little Linux oriented/technical) can be found at: http://www.FreeOTFE.org/docs/Main/Linux_volumes.htm http://www.FreeOTFE.org/docs/Main/Linux_examples__LUKS.htm Please note that you'll need to format your encrypted volume using a filesystem that MS Windows can understand (FAT32, for example) >I am not a Linux-based OS user, but I may try adding SuSE or Ubuntu for a >multi-boot/OS to my current system (additional unrelated question, which is >of these Linux variants is probably best for a person such as I?) Between SuSE and Ubuntu, I'd suggest Ubuntu - though that's *purely* based on the impression I have that it's gained a good reputation as being a good "first distro" for people to get into Linux. As for which one would be the best for you out of all distros available, that's not an easy question to answer - everyone has their own opinion as to which is the best one! -- 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
