[ydl-gen] truecrypt - anywhere?
hi everyone & welcome (my 1st post here); quick question. did anyone manage to install / compile truecrypt for ps3? i can't find it in any of the recommended repositories. any help is really appreciated. thx. .adam ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'site:us.fixstars.com'
Re: [ydl-gen] truecrypt - anywhere?
Hi Adam: If you look carefully here: http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads/ Pop open the listing for "Linux distribution and hardware platforms" you'll notice that the only releases available are for Intel and AMD based processors. The Cell is part of the PowerPC family of processors and not included in their list. So the bottom line is that although Truecrypt announces itself as open source it is not available currently, judging by the above listing, for the Cell and related systems. Truecrypt is one of a group of vendors which have chosen to not develop for PowerPC systems. If you refer to the discussion here: http://www.pcurtis.com/pgp.htm/ You'll notice that Truecrypt is best utilized as a kind of portable disk encryption system on USB drives. In my opinion, if you're serious about securing a portable device and/or the data stored within it then it is best to get Iron Key (http://www.ironkey.com/). You can also purchase it within Amazon.com. If a portable encrypted system doesn't really interest you then use yum to install gnupg which has been available within all incarnations of YDL including YDL 6.2. If you download the manual for gnupg you'll discover that you can encrypt files, emails, etc. Rather than repeat the capabilities of gnupg I'll share below what yum sees within the libraries available for YDL 6.2: [agu...@arakus ~]$ sudo yum info "*gnupg*" Password: Loading "installonlyn" plugin Installed Packages Name : gnupg Arch : ppc Version: 1.4.5 Release: 13.ydl.1 Size : 4.9 M Repo : installed Summary: A GNU utility for secure communication and data storage. Description: GnuPG (GNU Privacy Guard) is a GNU utility for encrypting data and creating digital signatures. GnuPG has advanced key management capabilities and is compliant with the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard described in RFC2440. Since GnuPG doesn't use any patented algorithm, it is not compatible with any version of PGP2 (PGP2.x uses only IDEA for symmetric-key encryption, which is patented worldwide). Available Packages Name : perl-GnuPG-Interface Arch : noarch Version: 0.33 Release: 10.el5 Size : 79 k Repo : extras Summary: Perl interface to GnuPG Description: Perl interface to GnuPG. Name : perl-Mail-GnuPG Arch : noarch Version: 0.08 Release: 5.el5 Size : 15 k Repo : extras Summary: Process email with GPG Description: Use GnuPG::Interface to process or create PGP signed or encrypted email. Name : python-GnuPGInterface Arch : noarch Version: 0.3.2 Release: 2.el5 Size : 25 k Repo : extras Summary: A Python module to interface with GnuPG Description: GnuPGInterface is a Python module to interface with GnuPG. It concentrates on interacting with GnuPG via filehandles, providing access to control GnuPG via versatile and extensible means. [agu...@arakus ~]$ All the best... On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:38:33 +0200 cellulit wrote: > hi everyone & welcome (my 1st post here); > > quick question. did anyone manage to install / compile truecrypt for ps3? i > can't find it in any of the recommended repositories. > any help is really appreciated. > thx. > > .adam signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'site:us.fixstars.com'
Re: [ydl-gen] truecrypt - anywhere?
> http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads/ > > Pop open the listing for "Linux distribution and hardware platforms" > you'll notice that the only releases available are for Intel and AMD > based processors. The Cell is part of the PowerPC family of processors > and not included in their list. So? Big deal. Bw. > So the bottom line is that although Truecrypt announces itself as open > source it is not available currently, judging by the above listing, for > the Cell and related systems. Truecrypt is one of a group of vendors > which have chosen to not develop for PowerPC systems. OPEN SOURCE MEANS GIVING AWAY THE SOURCE CODE, DOESN'T IT. BINARIES FOR ANY PARTICULAR PLATFORM ARE NOT PART OF THAT DEAL. SOME AUTHORS OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE _ALSO_ DECIDE TO MAKE AVAILABLE COMPILED BINARIES OF THEIR PACKAGES FOR SOME PLATFORMS IN ORDER TO MAKE LIFE EASIER FOR SOME USERS, BUT IN GENERAL, YOU SHOULD _EXPECT_ TO HAVE TO COMPILE YOUR OWN. I'm almost sorry for shouting, but not quite. The big deal is whether a particular software package compiles on any particular operating system with any particular compilers, not whether the author has access to all the hardware and compilers in the world and decides to produce ready-made binaries for this, that and the other. Unfortunately, sometimes assumptions are made by software authors that result in portability problems, such as "the word length of a computer is 32 bits", or "all computers are little endian", or "everybody uses the GNU GCC compiler collection", or "everybody uses Linux", or... The real deal is writing software with as few portability issues as possible. -- Atro Tossavainen (Mr.) / The Institute of Biotechnology at Systems Analyst, Techno-Amish & / the University of Helsinki, Finland, +358-9-19158939 UNIX Dinosaur / employs me, but my opinions are my own. < URL : http : / / www . helsinki . fi / %7E atossava / > NO FILE ATTACHMENTS ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'site:us.fixstars.com'
Re: [ydl-gen] truecrypt - anywhere?
Talking to myself a bit... I downloaded TrueCrypt 6.2a source and wxWidgets for X11 2.8.10 source. I am equally unable to compile wxWidgets using the process described in the TrueCrypt instructions on both YDL5 (Xserve G4) and RHEL4 (x86). I'm not going to spend any time analysing this as I don't need the package, I'm just noting that it does not seem to work "out of the box" on configurations believed to be supported (Linux x86) either :-) -- Atro Tossavainen (Mr.) / The Institute of Biotechnology at Systems Analyst, Techno-Amish & / the University of Helsinki, Finland, +358-9-19158939 UNIX Dinosaur / employs me, but my opinions are my own. < URL : http : / / www . helsinki . fi / %7E atossava / > NO FILE ATTACHMENTS ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'site:us.fixstars.com'
Re: [ydl-gen] truecrypt - anywhere?
Hi guys; Thanks for the answers and for the comments regarding alternatives, code and stuff. :) My 2 (euro)cents... I appreciate all alternatives to Truecrypt, but I need to connect and read an external HDD which is already encrypted using Truecrypt, so no other way out I guess. I noticed the packages aren't for PPC or PS3, but you have source code so in theory one could compile it for YDL. In face someone did it, I just can't follow the steps smoothly: http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4818#p27783 -- .adam ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'site:us.fixstars.com'
Re: [ydl-gen] truecrypt - anywhere?
Hi Adam: I came across a problem also compiling truecrypt, apparently the pkcs11.h file (the header file necessary for implementing pkcs encryption) is missing. Usually Cronocloud is quite good about this kind of problem, I'll post my finding there and expand the conversation as well so that he can see the problem. So check back with the YDL Board ok? Derick. On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:47:09 +0200 cellulit wrote: > Hi guys; > > Thanks for the answers and for the comments regarding alternatives, code and > stuff. :) > My 2 (euro)cents... > > I appreciate all alternatives to Truecrypt, but I need to connect and read > an external HDD which is already encrypted using Truecrypt, so no other way > out I guess. > > I noticed the packages aren't for PPC or PS3, but you have source code so in > theory one could compile it for YDL. In face someone did it, I just can't > follow the steps smoothly: > > http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4818#p27783 > > signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'site:us.fixstars.com'
Re: [ydl-gen] truecrypt - anywhere?
> I came across a problem also compiling truecrypt, apparently the pkcs11.h > file (the header file necessary for implementing pkcs encryption) is missing. It's part of the nss-devel package. After installing it, you may have to -I/usr/include/nss3, and later -I/usr/include/nspr4 manually. At least I did. I'm not quite there yet, but I've gotten a little further :) -- Atro Tossavainen (Mr.) / The Institute of Biotechnology at Systems Analyst, Techno-Amish & / the University of Helsinki, Finland, +358-9-19158939 UNIX Dinosaur / employs me, but my opinions are my own. < URL : http : / / www . helsinki . fi / %7E atossava / > NO FILE ATTACHMENTS ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'site:us.fixstars.com'
Re: [ydl-gen] truecrypt - anywhere?
Hi Atro: I cheated and installed the nss packages available within the YDL 6.2 libraries. It's pretty high compared to other installations, red hat enterprise, fedora, debian, etc. Here's what yum reports: [agu...@arakus truecrypt-6.2a-source]$ sudo yum info "nss*" Loading "installonlyn" plugin Installed Packages Name : nss Arch : ppc Version: 3.12.2.0 Release: 4 Size : 3.2 M Repo : installed Summary: Network Security Services Description: Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. Applications built with NSS can support SSL v2 and v3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates, and other security standards. Name : nss-devel Arch : ppc Version: 3.12.2.0 Release: 4 Size : 1.0 M Repo : installed Summary: Development libraries for Network Security Services Description: Header and Library files for doing development with Network Security Services. Name : nss-mdns Arch : ppc Version: 0.10 Release: 4.el5 Size : 73 k Repo : installed Summary: glibc plugin for .local name resolution Description: nss-mdns is a plugin for the GNU Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality of the GNU C Library (glibc) providing host name resolution via Multicast DNS (aka Zeroconf, aka Apple Rendezvous, aka Apple Bonjour), effectively allowing name resolution by common Unix/Linux programs in the ad-hoc mDNS domain .local. nss-mdns provides client functionality only, which means that you have to run a mDNS responder daemon separately from nss-mdns if you want to register the local host name via mDNS (e.g. Avahi). Name : nss-pkcs11-devel Arch : ppc Version: 3.12.2.0 Release: 4 Size : 288 k Repo : installed Summary: Development libraries for PKCS #11 (Cryptoki) using NSS Description: Library files for developing PKCS #11 modules using basic NSS low level services. Name : nss-tools Arch : ppc Version: 3.12.2.0 Release: 4 Size : 3.4 M Repo : installed Summary: Tools for the Network Security Services Description: Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. Applications built with NSS can support SSL v2 and v3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates, and other security standards. Install the nss-tools package if you need command-line tools to manipulate the NSS certificate and key database. Name : nss_db Arch : ppc Version: 2.2 Release: 35.3 Size : 1.8 M Repo : installed Summary: An NSS library for the Berkeley DB. Description: Nss_db is a set of C library extensions which allow Berkeley Databases to be used as a primary source of aliases, ethers, groups, hosts, networks, protocol, users, RPCs, services, and shadow passwords (instead of or in addition to using flat files or NIS). Install nss_db if your flat name service files are too large and lookups are slow. Name : nss_ldap Arch : ppc Version: 253 Release: 17 Size : 3.7 M Repo : installed Summary: NSS library and PAM module for LDAP. Description: This package includes two LDAP access clients: nss_ldap and pam_ldap. Nss_ldap is a set of C library extensions that allow X.500 and LDAP directory servers to be used as a primary source of aliases, ethers, groups, hosts, networks, protocol, users, RPCs, services, and shadow passwords (instead of or in addition to using flat files or NIS). Pam_ldap is a module for Linux-PAM that supports password changes, V2 clients, Netscape's SSL, ypldapd, Netscape Directory Server password policies, access authorization, and crypted hashes. [agu...@arakus truecrypt-6.2a-source]$ Even though it's installed when I run make it fails; here's what I see: [agu...@arakus truecrypt-6.2a-source]$ sudo make Compiling Keyfile.cpp In file included from Keyfile.cpp:10: /home/aguila/Utilitiesbuiltfromsource/truecrypt-6.2a-source/Common/SecurityToken.h:43:21: warning: pkcs11.h: No such file or directory /home/aguila/Utilitiesbuiltfromsource/truecrypt-6.2a-source/Common/SecurityToken.h:56: error: ‘CK_SLOT_ID’ does not name a type /home/aguila/Utilitiesbuiltfromsource/truecrypt-6.2a-source/Common/SecurityToken.h:57: error: ‘CK_FLAGS’ does not name a type /home/aguila/Utilitiesbuiltfromsource/truecrypt-6.2a-source/Common/SecurityToken.h:77: error: ‘CK_OBJECT_HANDLE’ does not name a type /home/aguila/Utilitiesbuiltfromsource/truecrypt-6.2a-source/Common/SecurityToken.h:80: error: ‘CK_SLOT_ID’ does not name a type /home/aguila/Utilitiesbuiltfromsource/truecrypt-6.2a-source/Common/SecurityToken.h:86: error: expected `)' before ‘errorCode’ /home/aguila/Utilitiesbuiltfromsource/truecrypt-6.2a-source/Common/SecurityToken.h:92: error: expected `)' before ‘errorCode’ /home/aguila/Utilitiesbuiltfromsource/truecrypt-6.2a-source/Common/SecurityToken.h:106: error: ‘CK_RV’ does not name a type /home/aguila/Utilitiesbuiltfr
Re: [ydl-gen] truecrypt - anywhere?
> Even though it's installed when I run make it fails; here's what I see: > > [agu...@arakus truecrypt-6.2a-source]$ sudo make > Compiling Keyfile.cpp > In file included from Keyfile.cpp:10: > /home/aguila/Utilitiesbuiltfromsource/truecrypt-6.2a-source/Common/SecurityToken.h:43:21: > warning: pkcs11.h: No such file or directory > /home/aguila/Utilitiesbuiltfromsource/truecrypt-6.2a-source/Common/SecurityToken.h:56: Like I said, you may have to include the directory in which this file is explicitly. > In case I failed to mention it the wxWidgets built without problems It didn't for me on YDL5. Not yet, anyway. Haven't gotten around to trying building FUSE yet. I should have my hands on YDL6.2 in a bit :) -- Atro Tossavainen (Mr.) / The Institute of Biotechnology at Systems Analyst, Techno-Amish & / the University of Helsinki, Finland, +358-9-19158939 UNIX Dinosaur / employs me, but my opinions are my own. < URL : http : / / www . helsinki . fi / %7E atossava / > NO FILE ATTACHMENTS ___ yellowdog-general mailing list - yellowdog-general@lists.fixstars.com Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try 'site:us.fixstars.com'
