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I ([[Keyes]]]) plan to develop mainly one application which allow to : I ([Keyes]]) plan to develop mainly one application which allow to :

Confidentiality of data stored on a computer is critical for a lot of company and organizations. It can be dramatic if confidential data (i.e : stored on laptop) are thieved and diffused.

GNU/Linux, and especially Ubuntu, must provide an easy way to ensure security and confidentiality of important data.

I ([Keyes]]) plan to develop mainly one application which allow to : * encrypt the whole home directory * encrypt swap * create a 'safe deposit box' to store important private files

The GUI will be similar to Apple FileVault [1], wrote in Python and using GTK+ as toolkit (PyGTK / Glade). I will use cryptsetup [2] as backend which is already available in the Universe repository [3].

If I still have time after that I will code a tool doing a job similar to 'clear my tracks' in Mozilla Firefox. It will delete all temporaries files created by the system, and purpose to remove logs.

* [1] http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/filevault/ * [2] http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/ * [3] http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/admin/cryptsetup.html

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