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	<h2>Requirements CryptoBox live-CD</h2>
	<p>The <i>CryptoBox live-CD</i> runs on any x86 compatible PC with:</p>
	<ul>
		<li>CPU: min. 100MHz</li>
		<li>RAM: 64 MB</li>
		<li>CD-ROM drive</li>
		<li>a network connection</li>
		<li>a harddisk for your data</li>
	</ul>
	<p>The harddisk doesn't need to be build inside the CryptoBox. You
	can run the live-CD and use external devices only like USB-drives. All
	drives supported by the Linux kernel (2.6.12) can be used: IDE,
	SCSI, USB, FireWire, SATA, RAID, ...</p>
	<p>Because of the high number of different supported storage media
	we call an encrypted disk a <i>volume</i>. This includes for
	example: USB-sticks, firewire-disks, flash-drives, digital cameras,
	MP3-player, MMC/SD-cards.</p>
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	<h2>Requirements CryptoBox-server</h2>
	<p>The <i>CryptoBox-server</i> package can be installed on every system with at least:</p>
	<ul>
		<li>Linux kernel 2.6</li>
		<li>cryptsetup with LUKS support</li>
		<li>kernel support for the <i>crypt</i> target of the <i>device mapper</i></li>
		<li>Python 2.4</li>
	</ul>
	<p>In principle a server package should run on any Linux
	distribution, but we just provide Debian packages. So you have to
	install the necessary files on your own to the right places if
	you're using another package management system like rpm.</p>
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	<h2>File access</h2>
	<p>Once you openend an encrypted volume through the webfronted of
	the <i>CryptoBox</i> you can access the volumes data in your local
	network via:<p>
	<ul>
		<li>Samba shares (also known as: <i>windows network share</i>)</li>
		<!-- <li>WebDAV (aka: <i>web folder</i>)</li>
		<li>nfs (*nix file sharing)</li> -->
	</ul>
	<p>The <i>CryptoBox-server</i> package will smoothly integrate into your existing
	fileserver. It provides mount points which can be shared with your
	favourite applications (e.g.: WebDAV or NFS).</p>
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	<h2>Encryption</h2>
	<p>The encrypted disk partitions are <a href="http://luks.endorphin.org/">LUKS</a>
	volumes. This makes it also possible to access your data directly with
	every modern linux system or via <a href="http://freeotfe.org/">FreeOTFE</a>
	(for Microsoft products).</p>
	<p>You can select your favourite encryption algorithm from all
	ciphers supported by the linux kernel. The default is
	<i>aes-cbc-essiv:sha256</i> (AES in CBC mode with ESSIV based on
	SHA256).</p>
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