Re: Encryption of a a thumb drive
On 2014-04-05, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat 05 Apr 2014 at 09:39:09 -0400, john s. wrote:
>
>> I have encrypted a thumb drive using cryptsetup and luks. The drive is used for
>> storing passwords. Cryptsetup requires that the drive be formatted ext2, ext3
>> or ext4.
>>
>> My problem is that I cannot use the drive on a windows machine (belonging to my
>> wife). Is there an alternative way to encrypt the drive?
>
> This answers a question you didn't ask:
>
> http://superuser.com/questions/600760/could-disk-encrypted-with-cryptsetup-on-linux-be-read-on-windows
>
Yeah, he asked the wrong question (3 times, and will be shot at dawn by
Lisi).
But it's good to know that there is an ext2/ext3 driver for Windows.
http://www.ext2fsd.com/
However, I note that the latest version dates back to July, 2011.
Windows 8 is out, apparently (of the question, I mean, at least for the
moment).
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