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And more below, read on... And more below, read on...
*** How does it works
[[images/monmort.png]]
Tombs are operated from a normal file browser or from the commandline.
To open a tomb is sufficient to click on it, or use the command **tomb-open**
When a tomb is open your panel will have a little icon in the tray
reminding you that a tomb is open, offering to explore it or close it.
[[images/awesome-shot.png]]
To make safety copies of your keys, tomb lets you "bury a key" inside
an image (using steganography techniques) and of course "exhume"
buried keys from pictures where they are hidden. Actually it is very
hard to guess when something is hidden inside a picture without
knowing the password used in steganography.
See the [[manual.html][manpage]] for more information on how to operate Tomb from the
text terminal.
<example>
Tomb 1.0 - a strong and gentle undertaker for your secrets
Syntax: tomb [options] command [file] [place]
Commands:
create create a new tomb FILE and its keys
open open an existing tomb FILE on PLACE
close closes the tomb open on PLACE
bury hide a tomb key FILE inside a jpeg PLACE
exhume extract a tomb key FILE from a jpeg PLACE
Options:
-s size of the tomb file when creating one (in MB)
-k path to the key to use for opening a tomb
-n don't process the hooks found in tomb
-h print this help
-v version information for this tool
-q run quietly without printing informations
-D print debugging information at runtime
For more informations on Tomb read the manual: man tomb
Please report bugs on <http://bugs.dyne.org>.
</example>
*** Who needs Tomb *** Who needs Tomb
Democracy requires Privacy as much as Freedom of Expression.
Our target community are desktop users with no time to click around, Our target community are desktop users with no time to click around,
sometimes using old or borrowed computers, operating in places sometimes using old or borrowed computers, operating in places
endangered by conflict where a leak of personal data can be a threat. endangered by conflict where a leak of personal data can be a threat.
If you don't own a laptop then it's possible to go around with a USB If you can't own a laptop then it's possible to go around with a USB
stick and borrow computers, still leaving no trace and keeping your stick and borrow computers, still leaving no trace and keeping your
data safe during transports. Tomb aims to facilitate all this and to data safe during transports. Tomb aims to facilitate all this and to
be interoperable across popular GNU/Linux operating systems. be interoperable across popular GNU/Linux operating systems.
The internet offers plenty of free services, on the wave of the Web2.0
fuzz and the community boom, while all private informations are hosted
on servers owned by global corporations and monopolies.
It is important to keep in mind that no-one else better than *you* can
ensure the privacy of your personal data. Server hosted services and
web integrated technologies gather all data into huge information
pools that are made available to established economical and cultural
regimes.
**This software urges you to reflect on the importance of your
privacy**. World is full of prevarication and political imprisonments,
war rages in several places and media is mainly used for propaganda by
the powers in charge. Some of us face the dangers of being tracked by
oppressors opposing our self definition, independent thinking and
resistance to omologation.
<verse>
"The distinction between what is public and what is private is
becoming more and more blurred with the increasing intrusiveness of
the media and advances in electronic technology. While this
distinction is always the outcome of continuous cultural
negotiation, it continues to be critical, for where nothing is
private, democracy becomes impossible."
(from [[http://www.newschool.edu/centers/socres/privacy/Home.html][Privacy Conference, Social Research, New School University]])
</verse>
*** Aren't there enough encryption tools already? *** Aren't there enough encryption tools already?
[[images/foster_privacy.png]]
We've felt the urgency of publishing Tomb for other operating systems We've felt the urgency of publishing Tomb for other operating systems
than dyne:bolic since the current situation in personal desktop than dyne:bolic since the current situation in personal desktop
encryption is far from optimal. encryption is far from optimal.
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If you believe this is a worthy effort, you are welcome to [[http://dyne.org/donate][support it]]. If you believe this is a worthy effort, you are welcome to [[http://dyne.org/donate][support it]].
*** How does it works
[[images/monmort.png]]
Tombs are operated from a normal file browser or from the commandline.
To open a tomb is sufficient to click on it, or use the command **tomb-open**
When a tomb is open your panel will have a little icon in the tray
reminding you that a tomb is open, offering to explore it or close it.
[[images/awesome-shot.png]]
See the [[manual][manpage]] for more information on how to operate Tomb from the
text terminal.
<example>
. version 0.9.2 (Feb/2011) by Jaromil @ dyne.org
.
[*] Syntax: tomb [options] command [file] [mountpoint]
.
[*] Commands:
. create create a new encrypted storage FILE and keys
. open open an existing tomb FILE on MOUNTPOINT
. close closes the tomb on MOUNTPOINT
.
[*] Options:
. -s size of the storage file when creating one (MB)
. -k path to the key to use for decryption
.
. -h print this help
. -v version information for this tool
. -q run quietly without printing information
. -D print debugging information while running
</example>
*** Where do we learn more from *** Where do we learn more from
Here below some articles that are useful to understand Tomb more in Here below some articles that are useful to understand Tomb more in

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.TH tomb 1 "February 12, 2011" "tomb"
.SH NAME
Tomb \- the Crypto Undertaker
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B
.IP "tomb [options] command [arguments]"
.B
.IP "tomb-open [file]"
.B
.IP "tomb-status mountpoint"
.SH DESCRIPTION
Tomb is an application to manage the creation and access of encrypted
storage files: it can be operated from commandline and it can
integrate with a user's graphical desktop.
Tomb generates encrypted storage files to be opened and closed using
their associated keys, which are also protected with a password chosen
by the user. To create, open and close tombs a user will need super
user rights to execute the tomb commandline utility.
A tomb is like a locked folder that can be safely transported and
hidden in a filesystem; it encourages users to keep their keys
separate from tombs, for instance keeping a tomb file on your computer
harddisk and its key file on a USB stick.
For simplified use, the command \fItomb-open\fR starts a wizard that
guides users in the creation of a new tomb or, if a tomb file is
specified as \fIargument\fR, it opens it and makes it accessible in a
default location under the /media folder, starting the status tray
applet (\fItomb-status\fR) if a desktop is present.
.SH COMMANDS
.B
.IP "create"
Creates a new encrypted storage tomb and its key, named as specified
by the given \fIargument\fR.
.B
.IP "open"
Opens an existing tomb file specified in the \fIfirst argument\fR. If
a \fIsecond argument\fR is given it will indicate the \fImountpoint\fR
where the tomb should be made accessible, if not then the tomb is
mounted in a directory named after the filename and inside /media.
.B
.IP "close"
Closes a currently open tomb. When \fIan argument\fR is specified, it
should point to the tomb mount on /dev/mapper; if not specified and
only one tomb is open then it will be closed; if multiple tombs are
open, the command will list them on the terminal. The special
\fIargument\fR 'all' will close all currently open tombs.
.B
.IP "bury"
Hides a tomb key (\fIfirst argument\fR) inside a jpeg image (\fIsecond
argument\fR) using steganography: the image will change in a way that
cannot be noticed by human eyes and the presence of the key inside it
isn't detectable without the right password. This option is useful to
backup tomb keys in unsuspected places; it uses steghide and the
serpent encryption algorithm.
.B
.IP "exhume"
Extracts a named tomb key (\fIfirst argument\fR) from a (jpeg) image file
(\fIsecond argument\fR) known to be containing it, if the right password is
given. This is used to recoved buried keys from unsuspected places.
.SH OPTIONS
.B
.B
.IP "-s \fI<MBytes>\fR"
When creating a tomb, this option must be used to specify the size of
the new \fIfile\fR to be created, in megabytes.
.B
.IP "-k \fI<keyfile>\fR"
When opening a tomb, this option can be used to specify the location
of the key to use. Keys are created with the same name of the tomb
file adding a '.gpg' suffix, but can be later renamed and transported
on other media. When a key is not found, the program asks to insert a
USB storage device and it will look for the key file inside it.
.B
.IP "-n"
Skip processing of post-hooks and bind-hooks if found inside the tomb.
See the \fIHOOKS\fR section in this manual for more information.
.B
.IP "-h"
Display a help text and quit
.B
.IP "-v"
Display version and quit
.B
.IP "-q"
Run more quietly
.IP "-D"
Print more information while running, for debugging purposes
.SH HOOKS
Hooks are special files that can be placed inside the tomb and trigger
actions when it is opened and closed; there are two kinds of such
files: \fIbind-hooks\fR and \fIpost-hooks\fR can be placed in the
base root of the tomb.
.B
.IP "bind-hooks"
This hook file consists of a simple two column list of files or
directories inside the tomb to be made directly accessible inside the
current user's home directory. Tomb will use the "mount \-o bind"
command to bind locations inside the tomb to locations found in $HOME
so in the first column are indicated paths relative to the tomb and in
the second column are indicated paths relative to $HOME contents, for
example:
mail mail
.gnupg .gnupg
.fmrc .fetchmailrc
.mozilla .mozilla
.B
.IP "post-hooks"
This hook file gets executed as user by tomb right after opening it;
it can consist of a shell script of a binary executable that performs
batch operations every time a tomb is opened.
.SH PRIVILEGE ESCALATION
The tomb commandline tool needs to acquire super user rights to
execute most of its operations: to do so it uses sudo(8), while
pinentry(1) is adopted to collect passwords from the user.
Tomb executes as super user only those commands requiring it, while it
executes desktop applications as processes owned by the user.
.SH BUGS
Please report bugs on the tracker at http://bugs.dyne.org
Get in touch with developers via mail using this web page
http://dyne.org/contact or via chat on http://irc.dyne.org
.SH AUTHORS
Tomb is designed and written by Denis Roio aka Jaromil.
Tomb's artwork is contributed by Jordi aka Mon Mort
Testing and fixes are contributed by Dreamer and Hellekin O. Wolf
Cryptsetup is developed by Christophe Saout and Clemens Fruhwirth
.SH COPYING
This manual is Copyleft (c) 2011 Denis Roio <\fIjaromil@dyne.org\fR>
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this manual
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
manual page provided the above copyright notice and this permission
notice are preserved on all copies.
.SH AVAILABILITY
The most recent version of Tomb sourcecode and up to date
documentation is available for download from its website on
\fIhttp://tomb.dyne.org\fR.
.SH SEE ALSO
.B
.IP cryptsetup(8)
GnuPG website on http://www.gnupg.org
DM-Crypt website on http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt
LUKS website, http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup