Cryptare file
Written by edmond in Applications, Cryptare, Debian, Gnu-Linux, SecurityO stating that each of us, more or less, is jealous of something, or at least, has some things he wants to keep confidential, I for
have always been an example set for the privacy and security in general, so I always tried to protect
my data. So for the set, the faithless, or lovers porno now talk about TrueCrypt. The peculiarity of
TrueCrypt is defined encryption / decryption on-the-fly, which means that the data within a volume are
encrypted / decrypted automatically a few seconds before being read or written without the direct intervention of the user. To access
the protected volume, TrueCrypt requires a password, created earlier, at the time of installation. So before
installing grab the sources from here, or for those who use Ubuntu and openSUSE are packages
precompiled. Here I show you the procedure done by me on Debian Lenny. First install a dependency,
that is, a tool for volume management
apt-get install DMSetup
I downloaded the source on the desktop then:
cd Desktop
tar xzf truecrypt-4.3a-source-code.tar.gz
cd truecrypt-4.3a-source-code
Linux CDs
compile
. / build.sh
If all went well, we get this:
Debian: / home/edmond/Desktop/truecrypt-4.3a-source-code/Linux #. / Build build.shChecking requirements ... Building kernel module ... Done. Building truecrypt ... Done.
install
. / install.sh
now begin to create the encrypted volume
truecrypt-c / home / Edmond / volume-cryptato
screen will appear to you a few questions to start you can answer that:
We then create a folder for the mount
mkdir / mnt / folder-cryptata
proceed with the mount of the file created (volume-cryptato) we find in our / home
truecrypt-u-volume cryptato / mnt / folder-cryptata
from this moment on, we can copy files or create folders within the folder-cryptata, safely.
to dismantle
truecrypt-d volume-cryptato
Must be careful not to forget the password, Asthe if you forget, there's no way to get it.
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October 3rd, 2007 at 10:37
Thanks for the excellent guide, but I have a small problem, when unmount the encrypted volume files remain visible and editable in the folder. To unmount the volume I finally restart the PC. Can you help me?
thanks
October 3rd, 2007 at 15:06
Hello, I begin to answer on the fly, so tell me if it works, then tonight I will make a change (they are paused). This happened because you must prepend sudo. Delete the volume and re create it with:
sudo truecrypt-c / home / Edmond / volume-cryptato
sudo truecrypt-u-volume cryptato / mnt / folder-cryptata
then then open nautilus as root and type in the folder-cryptata
then unmount sudo truecrypt-d volume-cryptato
end the folder will appear empty
Hello let me know
October 3rd, 2007 at 15:09
Ha ... I forgot, if you use Debian, too, remember that even if you are root you must always place sudo. Hello
October 4th, 2007 at 11:18
Hello
Everything works perfectly, the only precaution necessary is to close the encrypted folder, otherwise not unmount the volume.
Thanks again and congratulations for the blog really interesting
October 5th, 2007 at 02:27
There is a GUI like on Win32?
October 5th, 2007 at 08:40
@ hal2001
No, there is no graphical interface x Linux. Cmq steps to do are fairly simple. If you're having problems let me know, that we will solve them, do not be no problem in asking. Hello
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February 18th, 2009 at 15:54
Debian Lenny 5.0 + TrueCrypt 6.1a procedure differs
I can not mount truecrypt.
You can give me the road.
Thanks
February 18th, 2009 at 19:44
Sorry. but have you tried to install it directly from the repository, since it is present?
This version unlike the previous ones, has a graphical interface, let me know which
is the difficulty you encounter. Hello