Help need to use truecryt + openpgp applet.

Richard Ulrich ricul77 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 19 13:33:06 CET 2015


Hi Ranjini,

Does it have to be truecrypt?
LUKS works very well with OpenPGP SmartCards or JavaApplets implementing
it (e.g. YubiKey NEO).
Just follow the steps in this blog post:
https://blog.kumina.nl/2010/07/two-factor-luks-using-ubuntu

Rgds
Richard

Am Donnerstag, den 19.02.2015, 13:53 +0530 schrieb Ranjini H.K:
> Thanks Pete Stephenson.
> Yes my java card supports PKCS#11. Am not so sure about OpenPGP applet.
> What should i do othercase To make my OpenPGP applet support PKCS#11.
> 
> Ranjini HK
> 
> Software Engineer - Tyfone, Inc.
> 
> Bangalore
> www.tyfone.com
> 
> Mobile: +91-9886262192
> 
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Pete Stephenson <pete at heypete.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 5:53 AM, Ranjini H.K <ranjinihk at tyfone.com> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Am trying to implement disk encryption/decryption using truecrypt with
> > > security token support. I have a java card with openPGP applet loaded on
> > to
> > > it. Inspite of configuring truecrypt to use the security token, its not
> > > finding it and notififng me with an error saying : security token error
> > > "FUNCTION NOT SUPPORTED ".
> >
> > Considering the way it was abandoned by its developers, TrueCrypt is
> > probably not the best choice going forward.
> >
> > That said, TrueCrypt only supports smartcards that use PKCS #11
> > libraries. Does the JavaCard you're using support PKCS #11? Does the
> > OpenPGP applet?
> >
> > --
> > Pete Stephenson
> >
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