Fatsquirrel Crypto Resources

Why?

If you value privacy, human rights and freedom then you should be concerned about cryptography. Not just what it does, but what it stands for.

The fact that ordinary people now have access to strong cryptography means that for the first time in history we can communicate truly privately. Governments of societies that are supposedly free start to show their true colours when they see real freedom being dished out to their citizens/subjects and begin legislating increasingly draconian laws.

Exercise your freedom and let the government know you value it. Use encryption!

Software/Tools

• Tor
  Tor, The Onion Router, is a simple way to massively increase your anonymity and privacy on the net. Simple and brilliant.
• OpenSSL
  All-singing all-dancing crypto library and toolkit. A complete CA in a box.
• TrueCrypt
  Windows/Linux virtual encrypted disk system. Open source and with deniability. So much goodness.
• Linux EncFs
  Linux Encrypted Filesystem in user-space.
• Linux Encrypted Filesystem HOWTO
  How to create an encrypted filesystem under Linux. Don't be put off thinking this will affect performance. You'd be surprised. Requires the cryptoapi to be installed.
• Stunnel - Universal SSL Wrapper
  Combined with OpenSSL, stunnel provides you with a simple way to provide SSL equivalents of all of your plain-text services.
• Gnu Privacy Guard (gpg)
  Truly free stong encryption for the masses. Essentially compatible with PGP and implementing the OpenPGP standard, gpg can be run standalone or combined with many mail clients, including Eudora, Outlook, Pine and Mutt, to provide strong encryption, digital signatures and peace of mind.
• Linux Crypto API
  Linux kernel patches provding kernel level strong encryption.
• OpenSSH
  A free implementation of the SSH protocol. This provides secure end-to-end encryption, tunneling and file-transfer. The site also contains links to compatible products on a variety of platforms.
• OpenBSD
  A powerful, free Operating System with much emphasis on cryptography.
• OpenBSD Quick Encrypted Filesystem
  A quick recipe for encrypted /home in OpenBSD.
• FreeBSD Encrypted Filesystem
  Does exactly what it says on the tin
• FreeS/WAN
  Linux FreeS/WAN is a free implementation of IPSEC & IKE for Linux.
• Stenography Links
  Links to software and info about stenography; the art of hiding messages in pictures, sounds,movies or even other messages.

Related Sites

• MyCrypto.net
  Using encryption and cryptography to protect privacy and civil liberties on the Internet. Loads of links, info and resources.
• Cryptome
  Cryptome welcomes documents for publication that are prohibited by governments worldwide, in particular material on freedom of expression, privacy, cryptology, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and blast protection -- open, secret and classified documents -- but not limited to those.
• fipr
  The Foundation for Information Policy Research is an independent body that studies the interaction between information technology and society.
• stand
  Stand.org.uk is a group of volunteers who originally came together in 1998 in a vain attempt to fix the worst aspects of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act. Backed up by a list of over 3000 supporters, we disseminate information and motivate the interested about issues around privacy and censorship, particularly with respect to the Internet.
• Counterpane Internet Security
  Bruce Schneier's security company, and home of the crypto-gram newsletter.
• Become a Cipher Knight
  Construct a cipher-sabre and become a cipher knight. You should probably ignore the ill-informed jingoistic claptrap at the top of the page. Lets it down somewhat.

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