Encrypted volume interaction with Windows...

[John Richard Moser]

In Gutsy, the alternate installer can now create encrypted LVM layouts 
(but with no fancy manipulation tools...).  I am now curious about 
interoperability with Windows for encrypted external drives.

External hard disks and flash drives using NTFS or FAT32 work in Linux 
or Windows now.  The FreeOTFE program allows Windows to access a LUKS 
partition (NOT LVM) as well.  Logically, it would help users with 
encryption needs to have a tool in GNOME to create LUKS-encrypted USB 
flash or hard drives, and request/change the key (file?  Or just 
password?) when gnome-volume-manager detects them.

I think this would be very interesting to users sharing private data 
between Windows and Linux.  Truecrypt is a pain (all command line 
stuff), and Linux supports LUKS anyway.  With LUKS on Linux and FreeOTFE 
accessing the LUKS partitions on Windows, users can easily share data 
via removable drives.

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