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#title Tomb - The Crypto Undertaker
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#author Jaromil
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<contents>
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* Tomb - RIP
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<example>
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..... ..
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.H8888888h. ~-. . uW8"
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888888888888x `> u. .. . : `t888
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X~ `?888888hx~ ...ue888b .888: x888 x888. 8888 .
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' x8.^"*88*" 888R Y888r ~`8888~'888X`?888f` 9888.z88N
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`-:- X8888x 888R I888> X888 888X '888> 9888 888E
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488888> 888R I888> X888 888X '888> 9888 888E
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.. `"88* 888R I888> X888 888X '888> 9888 888E
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x88888nX" . u8888cJ888 X888 888X '888> 9888 888E
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!"*8888888n.. : "*888*P" "*88%""*88" '888!` .8888 888"
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' "*88888888* 'Y" `~ " `"` `%888*%"
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^"***"` "`
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a simple commandline tool to manage encrypted storage v.0.9
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http://tomb.dyne.org by Jaromil @ dyne.org
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</example>
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** Introduction
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Tomb aims to be an 100% free and open source system for easy
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encryption and backup of personal files, written in code that is easy
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to review and links commonly shared components.
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At present time Tomb is easy to install and use, it mainly consists of
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a Shell script and some auxiliary C code for desktop integration,
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making use of GNU tools and the cryptographic API of the Linux kernel.
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*** Who needs Tomb
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Our target community are desktop users with no time to click around,
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sometimes using old or borrowed computers, operating in places
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endangered by conflict where a leak of personal data can be a threat.
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If you don't own a laptop then it's possible to go around with a USB
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stick and borrow computers, still leaving no trace and keeping your
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data safe during transports. Tomb aims to facilitate all this and to
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be interoperable across popular GNU/Linux operating systems.
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*** Aren't there enough encryption tools already?
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We've felt the urgency of publishing Tomb for other operating systems
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than dyne:bolic since the current situation with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueCrypt][TrueCrypt]] is far from
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optimal. TrueCrypt makes use of statically linked libraries, its code
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is not hosted on CVS and is [[http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/distributions/2008-October/000276.html][not considered free]] by GNU/Linux
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distributions because of liability reasons, see [[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=364034][Debian]], [[https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/109701][Ubuntu]][4],
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Suse[5], Gentoo[6] and Fedora[7].
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Seen from this perspective, Tomb is intended as a rewrite of most
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functionalities offered by TrueCrypt in a new application, confident
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it won't take much relying on previous experience and aiming at:
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- short and readable code, linking shared libs and common components
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- easy graphical interface, simple for ad-hoc (DIY-deniable)
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- transparent and distributed development hosted using GIT
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- GNU General Public License v3
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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueCrypt
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[2] http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/distributions/2008-October/000276.html
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[3] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=364034
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[4] https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/109701
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[5] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-buildservice/2008-10/msg00055.html
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[6] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show\_bug.cgi?id=241650
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[7] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems#TrueCrypt
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*** How does it works
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Tomb generates 'key files' and protects them with a password choosen
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by the user; the key files are then used to encrypt loop-back mounted
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partitions, like single files containing a filesystem inside: this way
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keys can be separated from data for safer transports when
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required.
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** Downloads
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For licensing information see the [[http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html][GNU General Public License]]
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Below a list of formats you can download this application: ready to be
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run with some of the interfaces developed, as a library you can use to
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build your own application and as source code you can study.
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*** Code repository
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Latest stable release is 0.9 (25 January 2011) more about it in the
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[[ftp://ftp.dyne.org/tomb/NEWS][NEWS]] and [[ftp://ftp.dyne.org/tomb/ChangeLog][ChangeLog]]
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Source releases are checked and signed by [[http://jaromil.dyne.org][Jaromil]] using [[http://www.gnupg.org][GnuPG]].
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On [[ftp://ftp.dyne.org/tomb][ftp.dyne.org/tomb]] you find all present and past Tomb releases,
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source code for extra plugins and more binaries that we occasionally
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build for various architectures.
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The bleeding edge version is developed on our [[http://code.dyne.org][code repository]] using
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**GIT**, you can clone the repository free and anonymously
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<example>
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git clone git://code.dyne.org/tomb.git
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</example>
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** Development
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*** Stage of development
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Tomb is an evolution of the 'mknest' tool developed for the dyne:bolic
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GNU/Linux distribution, which is used by its 'nesting' mechanism to
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encrypt the Home directory of users.
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As such, it uses well tested and reviewed routines and its shell code
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is pretty readable. The name transition from 'mknest' to 'tomb' is
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marked by the adaptation of mknest to work on the Debian operating
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system, used by its author in the past 3 years.
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*** How can you help
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Code is pretty short and readable: start looking around it and the
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materials found in doc/ which are good pointers at security measures
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to be further implemented.
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Have a look in the TODO file to see what our plans are.
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At the moment we can use some good help in porting this tool on
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M$/Windows and Apple/OSX, still keeping the minimal approach we all
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love.
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