I have used PortableApps for a long time along with TrueCrypt. I have even used a customized password script to accomplish my goals. I would like to see if it is possible to have this idea rolled into Geek.Menu now, since my solution is a bit more flaky.
The idea is this: I have multiple drive letters (TrueCrypt Volumes) set up for different purposes. When the USB plugs in, the customized script runs a password input box. It then runs TrueCrypt and passes this input to TrueCrypt mounting the previously saved Favorite Volumes. By doing this, I can create my volumes, open all the ones I want opened regularly, then save them as a Favorite Volumes mount script (for lack of a better term). Then, when I run it again later, mount Favorite Volumes and they all mount to the drive letter they were saved to. This functionality has been available forever in TrueCrypt, and if we can add that to Geek.Menu, I think it would make this the perfect replacement for me. I can provide a sample of my script and procedure if it would help. I even have an implimentation idea if interested.
Thanks for the consideration,
Tom Higgins
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If you can tell me a bit more about the favorite volumes script i'll consider it, but the likely problem is that gm won't be able to track those volumes and use them in variables. There is hidden and undocumented support for adding multiple truecrypt volumes in 1.3.6.0 (they all must have the same password and/or keyfile for this to work) and will be added to the ui and documented at some point. The nice thing about this approach is that you can point the various document folders to different tc drives. The performance of truecrypt running multiple encrypted partitions off a single drive left a bit to be desired in my limited testing.
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2011-03-19
TrueCrypt allows you to have predefined volumes listed as favorites (basically the way i use it is one drive for my apps and one for my data). If they use the same encryption settings and same password, you can chose to load them as a group with the one password. It also has a command line format, so I used AutoHotKey to put together a script that basically asks for the password and then passes whatever is typed in to truecrypt as the password argument of the command line command. More info can be found here: http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/ and look under TrueCrypt Volume>Favorite Volumes. That said, it looks like they baked the request into Truecrypt version 7 since my original request. It may be a non-issue at this point after all…
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It will be preferable to let geek.menu handle the volumes, as the drive mappings can be tracked. I'll try to post a quick HOWTO to the open discussion forum by the end of the weekend for you (the gui for this will be complete before I elevate to stable, but is low priority).
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I have used PortableApps for a long time along with TrueCrypt. I have even used a customized password script to accomplish my goals. I would like to see if it is possible to have this idea rolled into Geek.Menu now, since my solution is a bit more flaky.
The idea is this: I have multiple drive letters (TrueCrypt Volumes) set up for different purposes. When the USB plugs in, the customized script runs a password input box. It then runs TrueCrypt and passes this input to TrueCrypt mounting the previously saved Favorite Volumes. By doing this, I can create my volumes, open all the ones I want opened regularly, then save them as a Favorite Volumes mount script (for lack of a better term). Then, when I run it again later, mount Favorite Volumes and they all mount to the drive letter they were saved to. This functionality has been available forever in TrueCrypt, and if we can add that to Geek.Menu, I think it would make this the perfect replacement for me. I can provide a sample of my script and procedure if it would help. I even have an implimentation idea if interested.
Thanks for the consideration,
Tom Higgins
If you can tell me a bit more about the favorite volumes script i'll consider it, but the likely problem is that gm won't be able to track those volumes and use them in variables. There is hidden and undocumented support for adding multiple truecrypt volumes in 1.3.6.0 (they all must have the same password and/or keyfile for this to work) and will be added to the ui and documented at some point. The nice thing about this approach is that you can point the various document folders to different tc drives. The performance of truecrypt running multiple encrypted partitions off a single drive left a bit to be desired in my limited testing.
TrueCrypt allows you to have predefined volumes listed as favorites (basically the way i use it is one drive for my apps and one for my data). If they use the same encryption settings and same password, you can chose to load them as a group with the one password. It also has a command line format, so I used AutoHotKey to put together a script that basically asks for the password and then passes whatever is typed in to truecrypt as the password argument of the command line command. More info can be found here: http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/ and look under TrueCrypt Volume>Favorite Volumes. That said, it looks like they baked the request into Truecrypt version 7 since my original request. It may be a non-issue at this point after all…
It will be preferable to let geek.menu handle the volumes, as the drive mappings can be tracked. I'll try to post a quick HOWTO to the open discussion forum by the end of the weekend for you (the gui for this will be complete before I elevate to stable, but is low priority).