zuluCrypt

zuluCrypt is a Qt based GUI and a cli solution for management of LUKS,PLAIN,TRUECRYPT and VERACRYPT encrypted volumes.

zuluCrypt can do the following among other abilities:

1. Create 64 bytes in size key files composed of only the 94 printable characters).
2. Create encrypted volumes both in files and partitions.
3. Create plain type,luks types as well as truecrypt encrypted volumes.
4. Add keys to luks based volumes.
5 . Delete keys from luks luks based volumes.
6. Open plain,luks and truecrypt based volumes residing in both files and partitions.
7. Encrypt stand alone files.
8. Erase data on partitions i.e can be used as a data eraser tool.

zuluMount is Qt based tool that can be used to mount and unmount partitions as well as open and close encrypted volumes.

It does what udisks and friends does but without polkit authentication mechanism or d-bus.

For more information,read section 2,3,4 and 5 in the FAQ located at: http://code.google.com/p/zulucrypt/wiki/FAQ

external packages list:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/zulucrypt/

version 5.0.0
-- add support for creating LUKS volumes that only uses a detached header.The detached header will be created in the user home directory and the volume can not be unlocked without this detached header.The detached header can be reattached later on through
zuluCrypt-gui->menu->Volumes->Restore Volume Header.
-- its now possible to create a shared mount point when unlocking a volume in zuluCrypt-gui
-- its now possible to unlock VeraCrypt volumes from favorite feature in zuluCrypt-gui
-- add complete French translation to both zuluCrypt-gui and zuluMount-gui
-- try to silently solve problems caused by other tools mounting zuluCrypt's encryption mapper.
-- add support for creating a "plain dm-crypt" volume at a "none zero offset".This type of volume is useful as a "poor man's version of a hidden volume feature in TrueCrypt and VeraCrypt".Best thing about this type of hidden volume is that the outer volume can be anything including an "exposed file system".Currently,only zuluMount-gui can open this type of volume by clicking "options" followed by "Set Volume Offset" on the mounting dialog prompt.
-- Qt5 is now the default Qt dependency.

version 4.9.0

-- add support for unlocking cryfs[1][2] encrypted folders in zuluMount.

[1] https://github.com/cryfs
[2] https://www.cryfs.org/

version 4.8.0

-- fix a bug where a private mount point was created with wrong permissions.

version 4.7.8
-- add support for usage of keys that are made up by a combination of a passphrase and a keyfile."hmac" plugin
should be used to unlock volumes generated by this combination.
-- fix problems caused by updated versions of certain utilities we rely on.


version 4.7.7
-- add support for creating and opening VeraCrypt volumes that use dynamic mode.
-- make zuluCrypt-gui window and zuluMount-gui window resizable with the new sizes surviving restarts.

version 4.7.6
-- add "hmac" plugin.This plugin produces a key as follows: key = hmac-sha256( passphrase,keyfile-contents ).
this plugin can be used when unlocking a volume requires a passphrase and a keyfile.
-- use "tcrypt" to refer to TrueCrypt volumes and "vcrypt" to refer to VeraCrypt volumes.
-- add ability to create VeraCrypt volumes.


version 4.7.5
-- add abilities in zuluMount-gui to hide useless entries like windows recovery partitions from view.These entries can be set to show/hide through tray icon context menu.

-- add ability to mount and unmount encfs volumes in zuluMount-gui.A folder with encrypted files can be unlocked by dragging it and then dropping it on zuluMount-gui main window.

-- add ablity to create TrueCrypt volumes using a passphrase together with one or more keyfiles.Previous versions allowed creation of volumes using either a passphrase or a single keyfile.

-- add support for opening of VeraCrypt volumes(cryptsetup >= 1.7.0 required).


version 4.7.4
-- fix a bug that hanged zuluMount-gui on failed attempt at unlocking a plain dm-crypt volume at a none zero offset.a plain dm-crypt volume at
a none zero offset can be used as a hidden volume ala TrueCrypt hidden volume feature.No protetcion of hidden volume though.


version 4.7.3
-- fix issues with Qt5 build
-- show devices even when they have neither partitions nor recognizable file systems.This is useful for TrueCrypt system volumes or
normal TrueCrypt volumes that are not in partitions.
-- add an ability to change TrueCrypt volume key.
-- add ability to create volumes with different crypto options

version 4.7.2
-- add support for opening TrueCrypt volumes using a passphrase together with one or more keyfiles.

changelog for 4.7.1
-- fix a build issue with gcc 4.9

changelog for 4.7.0
-- various changes and improvements
-- add a plugin named "steghide" that retrives passphrases embeded in other files using "steghide" tool.
-- add a plugin named "luks" that allows opening a LUKS volume using a backup/detached header.
-- add a plugin named "tomb" that allows opening of LUKS volumes from tomb project using keys securely stored in image files.

changelog for 4.6.9
-- move config files to "/etc/zuluCrypt" from "/etc"
-- add a config file "/etc/zuluCrypt/fs_options" where default file system mount options can be specified per UUID.
-format is:one entry per line,example entry: UUID="abcf" uid=500
-- fix a bug,if udev is enabled,mounted image files were always treated as system volumes.
-- use libgcrypt for stand alone file encryption instead of cryptsetup.Newer stand alone encrypted files will have an extension of ".zC" to
distinguish them from previous ones that use ".zc".Older versions of zuluCrypt(