[Bglug] Truecrypt license .... oops

[Bob Jonkman]

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Did that cluster overhang ("slack space") bug in ecryptfs ever get
fixed? I recall it could severely corrupt multiple files in one blow
(circa 2012).

For different reasons (not the cluster overhang bug) I've had too many
problems with restoring files using ecryptfs from a dead hard drive.
The contents can be retrieved with a bit of work, but I've never
managed to restore the filenames and end up with a folder full of
files named "#12345", "#12346", "#12347", &c.

I'd rather use LUKS encrypted containers, which have never given me
any trouble.

As far as the TrueCrypt license goes, I think it prohibited any
derivative (ie. interoperable) programs (pre v7.2). So I've never
taken to things like VeraCrypt or any of the other compatible
applications.

- --Bob.


On 2017-07-13 03:15 PM, Logan Streondj wrote:
> can use ecryptfs, open source standard
> 
> On July 13, 2017 2:51:03 PM EDT, Andrew Howlett 
> <andrew at howlett.net> wrote:
>> followed up with a bit of reading on why truecrypt spin-offs (eg 
>> veracrypt) may be in legal never-neverland
>> 
>> here's an important excerpt from the truecrypt license:
>> 
>> NOTHING IN THIS LICENSE SHALL IMPLY OR BE CONSTRUED AS A
>> PROMISE, OBLIGATION, OR COVENANT NOT TO SUE FOR COPYRIGHT OR
>> TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT.
>> 
>> huh?
>> 
>> redhat's legal team points out that this means that you could 
>> comply with every term in the license but truecrypt's creators 
>> reserve the right to sue you anyway.
>> 
>> this is a great time to mention the license generator at
>> Creative Commons:
>> 
>> https://creativecommons.org/choose/
>> 
>> later,
>> 
>> andrew
>> 
>> 
>> 
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