[ubuntu-za] how to access encrypted EXT3 partition from Windows

[Morgan Collett]

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:16, Rudi Ahlers <rudiahlers at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I know some may find this OT, so please ignore this if you think it's
> OT. I don't know any Linux-friendly Windows mailing lists / forums
> that will even bother with Linux related questions.
>
> I want to carry some data (client info, documents, photos, email,
> accounting stuff, etc) with me on a USB HDD, but want to encrypt it. I
> know one easy way to shared data between Windows & Linux is to save it
> on a FAT32 partition. But, I can't encrypt FAT32, so instead I'll
> format the HDD with EXT3 (probably on a LVM as well), and then encrypt
> it. I also know there are a few good tools for Widows to read EXT3
> partitions, but I can't find one that will read encrypted EXT3
> partitions (maybe I'm not searching the correct terms?).
>
> So, does anyone know how to access (read & write) to EXT3 from Windows?

TrueCrypt runs on Linux and Windows, and creates an encrypted
partition on a FAT32 filesystem (like a USB drive).

http://www.truecrypt.org/

Regards
Morgan