Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Jasper van Hoorn <muz...@gmail.com>
* Package name : luckyluks Version : 1.0.0 Upstream Author : Jasper van Hoorn <muz...@gmail.com> * URL : https://github.com/jas-per/luckyLUKS * License : GPLv3+ Programming Lang: Python Description : GUI for creating and (un-)locking encrypted volumes from LUKS/TrueCrypt container files At the moment there is no graphical interface for using encrypted LUKS/TrueCrypt container files in Debian. On the one hand there are licencing issues with original TrueCrypt application and its successors. On the other the need for elevated privileges s to handle such containers makes developing such an interface not straightforward. The only other graphical application that I am aware of called ZuluCrypt was unfortunately not accepted into Debian because it uses setuid [1]. luckyLUKS aims to fill this gap by providing an easy to use interface: - Create LUKS[2] or TrueCrypt[3] containers - Unlock/Close existing containers - Systray icon as a reminder to close them eventually - Create freedesktop start menu entries as shortcuts - Mounting works with or without running udisks daemon Encrypted containers have some advantages compared to the much better supported encrypted partitions (especially for casual computer users): - No need to deal with partition table wizardry when creating an encrypted container, just creating a file on an (internal or external) harddrive/usbstick etc - Backup is straightforward, just copy the file somewhere else - Allows adding some encrypted private data to an unencrypted external harddrive you want to share with friends or take with you while travelling - Lots of users are already quite familiar with all this, because their first touch with data encryption has been TrueCrypt which uses the encrypted container approach All tasks that require elevated privileges are executed from a seperate child process. Sudo is used to handle this combined with strict checks on ipc commands - reviews welcome! I developed the application to support some friends that are not too keen on using the command line, it has been tested for a while and is probably ready for general use by now. I have the application in a Launchpad PPA at the moment and think I'll be able to maintain the Debian package myself - will now start looking for a sponsor to help with that. More information including a FAQ and a little screencast on the homepage. Cheers, Jasper [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=703911 [2] with cryptsetup: https://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/ [3] with tcplay: https://github.com/bwalex/tc-play -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150309124903.7190.53282.reportbug@E320
