Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:34:45 +0000 (UTC) From: Duane Hill <d.hill@yournetplus.com> To: Greg Larkin <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disk encryption; hidden containers Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0807241524060.40471@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com> In-Reply-To: <48889B28.3010709@FreeBSD.org> References: <20080718155624.GA2886@kokopelli.hydra> <20080718210657.36600379@gumby.homeunix.com.> <20080718220154.5552427f@gumby.homeunix.com.> <20080718220343.GA4953@kokopelli.hydra> <488118EE.8080101@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0807182307150.61270@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com> <48889B28.3010709@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, Greg Larkin wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Duane Hill wrote: > | On Fri, 18 Jul 2008, Greg Larkin wrote: > | > |> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > |> Hash: SHA1 > |> > |> Chad Perrin wrote: > |> | On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:01:54PM +0100, RW wrote: > |> |> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:06:57 +0100 > |> |> RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> wrote: > |> |> > |> |>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:56:24 -0600 > |> |>> Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > |> |>> > |> |>>> My preliminary searches on the subject suggest that neither GBDE nor > |> |>>> GELI encryption offers hidden volume/container capabilities. > |> |>> Are you talking about steganography? > |> |> Sorry, I guess you're talking about volumes hidden in the unused space > |> |> on a filesystem. I don't think there's anything. I'm not sure > |> |> what the status of truecrypt is, I've heard some talk about it running > |> |> on freebsd eventually. > |> |> > |> |> It would be a start for geli to be able to encrypt its metadata. > |> | > |> | So, are those basically my choices -- either wait for GBDE or GELI to > |> | acquire that capability, or write it myself (which is not something I'm > |> | prepared to do right now)? Bummer. > |> | > |> | Well . . . or wait for something else like TrueCrypt to get ported to > |> | FreeBSD, I suppose. > |> | > |> > |> Hi Chad, > |> > |> There is a beta version of the TrueCrypt 5.1a port out there. See: > |> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2008-May/048432.html. > |> > |> I tried it in a VMware virtual machine a couple of months ago and it > |> hung pretty consistently when copying files into the container. It's > |> entirely possible that the problem was related to the virtual > |> environment, so YMMV. > | > | What VMWare version were you using and what OS and version hosted the VM? > | > | I only ask as I have been searching for this myself. > | > | Currently, I am using a commercial product under Linux and Windoes > | called BestCrypt by Jetico (http://www.jetico.com). > | > | I have VMware installed currently under Windoes Vista. VMware version is > | 6.0.4-93057. I haven't had any issues thus far running a number of > | FreeBSD guest OSes. > | > | If your version is less than what I'm running, I would be willing to > | install and test. > | > > Hi Duane, > > I originally tested the TC port inside of VMware Player 1.0.5 running on > Win XP SP2. Do you think the hang could be caused by the version of > VMware software that hosts the VM? I've been thinking about purchasing > VMware Workstation, and if I do that, I'll test there as well. That could be. You could download the free VMware Server and try that first before purchasing VMware Workstation. It runs much the same. -d
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