Re: [SD4L-devel] "roadmap"

[Hans-Ulrich J. <han...@t-...>]

Hello Thomas,

Thomas Irlet wrote:
> Hello
> 
> first of all, thank you for this nice piece of code. Works really fine, and
> you also support the newest kernels. Good!
> 
> What are your plan for the next future? I see two things, that would be of
> benefit for this project:
> 1. support for the new TrueCrypt formats (XTS, SHA-512, encrypted system
> disk)
> 2. getting the password from the bootloader to mount the boot partition
> 
> 1. I could help in this point. I do not see special problems for that part.
> Would you like me to help to realize this?
> 2. I know two bootloaders, which could be used. The first is the bootloader
> from TrueCrypt: If we could get the password from the bootloader, we could
> realize a dual-boot system, with one partition with windows and one with
> linux, both encrypted. The second possibility is to use the bootloader from
> DiskCryptor (http://freed0m.org/), a very nice software for windows.
> For this second point, my experience is not enough (can't help). What do you
> think about the idea to get the password from the bootloader?
> 
> Regards
> Tom

Thanks for volunteering to help in SD4L development.

Your first point, except for encrypted system disks, is scheduled
for version 2.0 which will be the next one (see tracker #1927950).
Encrypted system disks are closely related to your second point.
Without encrypted system disks getting the password from the boot
loader makes no sense. Currently I'm not planning for a SD4L version
which runs without a previously loaded Linux kernel which is how I
understand encrypted system disks. I estimate this part to be
considerably more difficult than getting the password from the boot
loader. Furthermore, I would like to know whether you are not
satisfied with TrueCrypt concerning this feature. Is there a special
point in duplicating this?

I have already committed SHA-512 support to the CVS repository.
Moreover, I have working code which analyzes new TrueCrpyt containers
with the XTS mode. My plan is to transfer this code with some
modifications and additions into SD4L in order to open TrueCrypt 5
containers. Another consideration for version 2.0 is a solution of
tracker #1849053 (opening containers with GPG keys).

I suggest, we discuss in private how you could and like to help
SD4L development.

Best regards
Ulrich