Thread: How to Distribute? (TrueCrypt, Cifs.ko, ntfs.ko, mount.cifs)
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Nathan is offline Nathan
2009-12-31 , 00:29
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Originally Posted by jak View Post
I wouldn't even use TrueCrypt. It's non-free and not open source and legally dangerous, as explained in https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems#TrueCrypt and http://lists.freedesktop.org/archive...er/000276.html. Also see the Wikipedia article about it.

We have much better encryption solutions, on the block level and on the file level (e.g. using ecryptfs).
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion -- including fedora. I read through both links, and several of their "problems" have already been addressed in the newer license that have been released since 7/2008. I've been using Truecrypt since it was forked from E4M. The issues you raise are more FUD than anything substantial for us.

However for cross system compatibility (Linux, Windows, Mac OS) -- Truecrypt is the primary solution. None of the other solutions to my knowledge work _reliably_ on Windows.

If you want a Linux only solution, yes their are better solutions. But since I compiled it for my own use (including the attached ntfs & cifs), I figured I would share with the community.

Nathan.