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(Purposed for GoogleSoC2007)
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I ([[Keyes]]]) plan to develop mainly one application which allow to :
- encrypt the whole home directory
- encrypt swap
- create a 'safe deposit box' to store important private files
I (Kévin Dunglas) plan to develop mainly one application which allow to :
 * encrypt the whole home directory
 * encrypt swap
 * create a 'safe deposit box' to store important private files
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[1] http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/filevault/
[2] http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/
[3] http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/admin/cryptsetup.html

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[1] http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/filevault/
 * [2] http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/
 * [3] http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/admin/cryptsetup.html

(Purposed for GoogleSoC2007)

Confidentiality of data stored on a computer is critical for a lot of company and organizations. It can be dramatic if confidential data (i.e : stored on laptop) are thieved and diffused.

GNU/Linux, and especially Ubuntu, must provide an easy way to ensure security and confidentiality of important data.

I (Kévin Dunglas) plan to develop mainly one application which allow to :

  • encrypt the whole home directory
  • encrypt swap
  • create a 'safe deposit box' to store important private files

The GUI will be similar to Apple FileVault [1], wrote in Python and using GTK+ as toolkit (PyGTK / Glade). I will use cryptsetup [2] as backend which is already available in the Universe repository [3].

If I still have time after that I will code a tool doing a job similar to 'clear my tracks' in Mozilla Firefox. It will delete all temporaries files created by the system, and purpose to remove logs.

PrivacyTools (last edited 2008-08-06 16:26:32 by localhost)