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Arsène Leiris
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« on: January 31, 2012, 04:27:13 PM »
Hi everyone,
I have encrypted an external hard disk in FAT32 with LUKS but I don't find how to open it in windows ?
Is it better to encrypt with LUKS or truecrypt ?

Thank you
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« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2012, 02:05:29 AM »
Try FreeOTFE for Windows. Never used it, so I cannot comment on how well it works. But, the web page says:

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Support for encrypted Linux volumes (Cryptoloop "losetup", dm-crypt and LUKS)
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Arsène Leiris
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« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2012, 05:20:51 PM »
It works ! Actually it was the software recommended here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUKS I did not take the time to check it out first... Thank you !
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« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2012, 06:14:09 PM »
You're welcome.
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« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2012, 03:49:07 AM »
I read on the internet that the encryption method used by LUKS and Truecrypt is the same (AES 256 as default on LUKS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard  NSA approved !), it just that LUKS is under GPL licence, not Truecrypt, and LUKS is used by all linux distributions, not Truecrypt.
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