On 21.06.2007 11:22:39, scar wrote: > Benjamin Schieder @ 2007/06/21 10:03: > > On 21.06.2007 05:11:24, JT wrote: > >> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:09:22 +0200, "Benjamin Schieder" <blindcoder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > >>> I just put out ROCKate 0.4.0.0. > >> Could you include truecrypt in the next version ? > > > > I already thought about encryption. I plan to use it for /home both in the live > > and in the installed version. Although, I never used truecrypt. As for now > > I use cryptsetup-luks to set up encryption. > > > > Also, IIRC truecrypt is proprietary. Does its license allow bundling? > > Redistribution? What about cross-platform compatibility? > > > > Greetings, > > Benjamin > > from http://www.truecrypt.org/faq.php : > > Q: What license is TrueCrypt distributed under? > A: The text of the license is contained in the file License.txt that is > included in the TrueCrypt binary and source code distribution packages, and > is also available at http://www.truecrypt.org/license.php Okay, so it's not GPL. Does it include any kernel level code? Because if it does, I don't want to get into the whole distribute-non-GPL-kernel-modules hell. > Q: Can I mount my TrueCrypt volume both under Windows and under Linux? > A: Yes, TrueCrypt volumes are fully cross-platform. I don't really care about Win32. Preferably, ROCKate encrypted block devices could only be read from within ROCKate. Guess that won't happen, though. What I meant with Cross-platform is: sparc, x86_64, ppc, arm? Greetings, Benjamin -- Benjamin 'blindCoder' Schieder Registered Linux User #289529: http://counter.li.org finger blindcoder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | gpg --import -- http://www.rocklinux.org/ The Distribution Build Kit
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