commit 1778d04123893741fe3b4890cee2eeb91ac219a5
parent 847872a69b04f69159273c3d3fcd2cc8803a37f7
Author: Jaromil <jaromil@dyne.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:29:24 +0200
updated webpage about building and OS ports
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/web/views/index.muse b/doc/web/views/index.muse
@@ -197,7 +197,33 @@ Below a list of formats you can download this application: ready to be
run with some of the interfaces developed, as a library you can use to
build your own application and as source code you can study.
-*** Debian
+*** Source Code
+
+Latest stable release is 1.0 (March 2011), see the [[ftp://ftp.dyne.org/tomb/ChangeLog][ChangeLog]].
+
+Source releases are signed by [[http://jaromil.dyne.org][Jaromil]] using [[http://www.gnupg.org][GnuPG]] and MD5 hashes.
+
+On [[http://ftp.dyne.org/tomb][ftp.dyne.org/tomb]] you can find all present and past Tomb releases,
+plus binaries that are occasionally built for various architectures.
+
+The bleeding edge version is developed on our [[http://code.dyne.org][code repository]] using
+**GIT**, you can clone the repository free and anonymously
+
+<example>
+ git clone git://code.dyne.org/tomb.git
+</example>
+
+To compile the git master repository you first have to generate the
+auto-tools build environment giving the command:
+
+<example>
+ autoreconf -i
+</example>
+
+and then you can proceed with the usual configure && make mantra, may
+the source be with you.
+
+*** Debian GNU/Linux
To install the tomb and tomb-gtk package using apt, add this line to
your software sources (/etc/apt/source/list)
@@ -207,7 +233,7 @@ your software sources (/etc/apt/source/list)
</example>
-*** Ubuntu
+*** Ubuntu GNU/Linux
If you use Lucid (10.04) add to your software sources this PPA
@@ -224,24 +250,29 @@ deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jaromil/rastasoft/ubuntu lucid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jaromil/rastasoft/ubuntu lucid main
</example>
+*** App1e/O$X
-*** Code repository
+There are several possibilities of porting Tomb to run on those
+expensive and fancy-schmancy toys.
-Latest stable release is 1.0 (11 March 2011) more about it in the
-[[ftp://ftp.dyne.org/tomb/NEWS][NEWS]] and [[ftp://ftp.dyne.org/tomb/ChangeLog][ChangeLog]]
+A good plan can be that of using TrueCrypt's version of cryptsetup
+which seems to be already ported for the purpose, with a bit of
+desktop integration and shell scripting it should be all set,
+[[http://dyne.org/contact][let us know]] if you like to join our team on this task.
-Source releases are checked and signed by [[http://jaromil.dyne.org][Jaromil]] using [[http://www.gnupg.org][GnuPG]].
-On [[ftp://ftp.dyne.org/tomb][ftp.dyne.org/tomb]] you find all present and past Tomb releases,
-source code for extra plugins and more binaries that we occasionally
-build for various architectures.
+*** Win$loth
-The bleeding edge version is developed on our [[http://code.dyne.org][code repository]] using
-**GIT**, you can clone the repository free and anonymously
+There are rumored plans to port Tomb on Win or at least make it
+possible to open tomb files under Win: this could be possible
+especially using [[http://www.freeotfe.org][FReeOTFE]] or adding compatibility in [[http://www.sdean12.org/SecureTrayUtil.htm][SecureTrayUtil]]
+and contributions are welcome in those directions.
-<example>
- git clone git://code.dyne.org/tomb.git
-</example>
+However we strongly **encourage people in need of strong encryption to
+not use Winslows**, or at least to not generate encrypted partitions
+with it, since it can contain backdoors in the random number
+generation, as pointed by Bruce Schneier and Niels Ferguson in this
+[[http://www.schneier.com/essay-198.html][short essay about the Dual_EC_DRBG]].
** Development
