Andrew Daviel wrote:
> Are there any encrypted filesystems that work on the Nokia tablets ?
>
> With all the buzz about people losing laptops with reams of HR records
> etc. it seems having an encrypted FS on an eminently losable device such
> as a tablet would be a good idea. While gpg can be used to encrypt single
> files, it is a real pain if you have lots of temporary files like a
> browser cache, and you have to remember to clean up plaintext with "shred
> -u".
>
> I've used BestCrypt on my Linux desktop and laptops for the last few
> years. At the time it seemed the only thing that worked, and I've kept
> going out of inertia, but it's nonfree on Windows and uses x86
> precompiled kernel modules ("taints the kernel").
>
> How it works is that you create an encrypted container file (or a raw
> device), then create a filesystem on it (ext2, VFAT, etc.) and mount it.
> You give a password to mount the container, after which you have a
> normal-looking filesystem which can contain things like
> .mozilla/xyzdefault/cache and /tmp. I guess you could put /home on it,
> but earlier versions were insufficiently robust to risk it.
>
> (For the paranoid, there was recent buzz about people pulling data such
> as disk encryption keys out of RAM by cooling it, power-cycling then
> booting an alternate low-footprint OS - e.g. if someone steals your
> laptop when it's suspended or on)
>
>
Pretty sure TrueCrypt works, and I remember seeing work being done on
porting a GUI on internet tablet talk.com
Ryan
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