(Go straight to the HOWTOs. Do not pass GO.)
2 June 2007: Updated with comments for 7.04 / Feisty Fawn.
I mentioned recently that I planned to keep using TrueCrypt in GNU/Linux since I had used it profitably in Windows, and that I also intended to keep using the container approach where you create a single file of a certain size and then mount it to get your virtual file system.
I’m reevaluating my plan. I still like TrueCrypt and will likely keep using it, maybe by alternating DVD backups between it and my new intended: the EncFS Encrypted Filesystem. (And of course GPG is always good for many crypto jobs, and will also be part of my security framework.)
The drawback with my TrueCrypt method is having to create files of fixed sizes. You either have a lot of empty space tied up or you’re bursting at the seams and can’t expand a …
