Requirements for the CryptoBox live-CD

The CryptoBox live-CD runs on any x86 compatible PC with:

• CPU: min. 100MHz
• RAM: 64 MB
• CD-ROM drive
• a network connection
• a harddisk for your data

The harddisk does not need to inside the of CryptoBox computer. You can also use external devices like USB-drives. All drives supported by the Linux kernel (2.6.20) can be used: IDE, SCSI, USB, FireWire, SATA, RAID, ...

Because of the high number of different supported storage media we call an encrypted disk a volume. This includes (e.g.): USB-sticks, firewire-disks, flash-drives, digital cameras, MP3-player, MMC/SD-cards.

Requirements of the CryptoBox-Server

The CryptoBox-Server package can be installed on any system with at least:

• Linux kernel 2.6
• cryptsetup with LUKS support
• kernel support for the crypt target of the device mapper
• Python 2.4

In general a server package should run on any Linux distribution, but we only provide Debian packages. So you have to install the necessary files on your own to the right places if you are using a different linux distribution.

File access

Once you openend an encrypted volume through the web frontend of the CryptoBox you can access the volume's data within your local network via:

• Samba shares (also known as: windows network share)

The CryptoBox-Server package will smoothly integrate into your existing fileserver. It provides mount points which can be shared via your favourite protocols (e.g.: WebDAV or NFS).

Encryption

The encrypted disk partitions are LUKS volumes. This makes it also possible to access your data directly with every modern linux system or via FreeOTFE (for Microsoft products).

You can select your favourite encryption algorithm from all ciphers supported by the linux kernel. The default is aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 (AES in CBC mode with ESSIV based on SHA256).