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October 21, 2010, 07:48:54 PM |
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I guess this could be in the wiki but I post it here first.
I've recently looked for a free alternative to TrueCrypt.
On my Debian system, I've found ecryptfs. It seems nice because it doesn't require you to encrypt a whole partition.
First, install the package :
apt-get install ecryptfs-utils
Then, create a ~/Private directory.
Setup this directory as your encrypted directory with the command :
ecryptfs-setup-private
(you may need to load the ecryptfs module with modprobe or something)
You will be prompted for your login password and for a optionnal mount password. Using only your login password is easier since it will save you the typing of an additionnal password.
Relog.
Move your wallet.dat file in your Private directory, and make a symlink :
mv .bitcoin/wallet.dat Private ln -s $HOME/Private/wallet.dat .bitcoin
That's about it.
You can unmount your private dir with the ecryptfs-umount-private command.
This directory can be used for other sensitive files, such as .fetchmailrc, .ssh/id_dsa, .gnupg and so on.
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