Encrypted data partition on laptop

[Patrick]

On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 13:09 +0200, Rudolf Kastl wrote:
> 2005/10/21, Patrick <fedora at puzzled.xs4all.nl>:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > On FC4 (or soon FC5T1 :) I am looking for a way to create a partition on
> > which to store my data encrytped on my laptop. So if the laptop gets
> > stolen at least my data is protected. Preferably mounting the partition
> > and asking for the passphrase/password is supported in Gnome so I get
> > this nice window asking for it when it tries to mount that partition.
> > Anyone have any experience how to do this?
> >
> http://mhensler.de/cryptohome/index_en.php
> 
> heres a how to for an encrypted home partition... encrypting other
> data partitions works a similar way... the gui you might have to code
> ;)

Thanks. I played with my google keywords and found other links that seem
useful too. Hopefully it will have a nice GUI in FC5 test1:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=78395
http://www.raoul.shacknet.nu/articles/desktop/encryptluks.html
http://luks.endorphin.org/dm-crypt
http://www.flyn.org/projects/luks-tools/

Regards,
Patrick