On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 13:09 +0200, Rudolf Kastl wrote: > 2005/10/21, Patrick <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi all, > > > > On FC4 (or soon FC5T1 :) I am looking for a way to create a partition on > > which to store my data encrytped on my laptop. So if the laptop gets > > stolen at least my data is protected. Preferably mounting the partition > > and asking for the passphrase/password is supported in Gnome so I get > > this nice window asking for it when it tries to mount that partition. > > Anyone have any experience how to do this? > > > http://mhensler.de/cryptohome/index_en.php > > heres a how to for an encrypted home partition... encrypting other > data partitions works a similar way... the gui you might have to code > ;) Thanks. I played with my google keywords and found other links that seem useful too. Hopefully it will have a nice GUI in FC5 test1: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=78395 http://www.raoul.shacknet.nu/articles/desktop/encryptluks.html http://luks.endorphin.org/dm-crypt http://www.flyn.org/projects/luks-tools/ Regards, Patrick
