cryptmount
cryptmount is a software tool for managing encrypted file systems under the Linux family of operating systems. It uses the device mapper and dm-crypt infrastructure to provide transparent encryption of file systems stored in disk partitions or within ordinary files.
| Original author(s) | RW Penney |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 5.3
/ January 5, 2019 |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Available in | English, French, German |
| Type | Disk encryption |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | http://cryptmount.sourceforge.net/ |
Features
The main features of cryptmount include:
- An interactive setup script is supplied to allow basic, but effective, encrypted file systems to be created.
- Filesystems can be (un)mounted whenever needed by ordinary users, without requiring superuser/administrator privileges.
- Multiple encrypted filesystems can be stored within a single disk partition. Encrypted swap partitions are supported and can be configured automatically on system boot-up.
- Configuration information about encrypted filesystems is stored within a free-format human-readable file.
- Access keys can be protected by a wide range of encryption and hashing algorithms provided by the libgcrypt library, which can be compatible with the OpenSSL command-line tool. They can be stored and backed-up separately from the filesystem that they protect.
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