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Simplified Disk Encryption Coming to GNOME

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the keep-it-secret-keep-it-safe dept.

An anonymous reader writes "David Zeuthen of Red Hat has been working on adding encrypted volume support to HAL. The result is an infrastructure that is being developed to make working with encrypted volumes easier. David has published a screenshot documenting his work on his blog. The bottom line: attach a properly encrypted volume and the system will prompt you for a password and automatically mount it."

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  1. Re:TrueCrypt by MBGMorden · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's one of my favorite programs, but TrueCrypt was Windows only until it was ported to Linux 4 months ago. Not exactly what I'd call "years".

    The Linux version is also a command-line program (or at least everything I've read on it have indicated as such). Integrating the same features into a nice interface would be a welcomed addition to the Gnome desktop.

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