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I know how to mount an ext3 filesystem in OS X with MacFUSE and fuse-ext2. But how can I mount an encrypted ext3 volume?

I have Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" running.

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Which encryption? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Apr 12 '10 at 14:25
@Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams: AES 128 with a SHA256 hashing. – Török Gábor Apr 13 '10 at 7:22
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The algorithm doesn't matter. The mechanism does. TrueCrypt? LUKS? Something else? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Apr 13 '10 at 13:41
@Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams: LUKS. – Török Gábor Apr 14 '10 at 15:03
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Unfortunately there is currently no way to mount unencrypted LVM volumes in OS X, much less LUKS-encrypted volumes.

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One really slow and "stupid" way to do this is to install a tiny linux distro in a virtual machine, let that work as a interface against the disk by sharing a folder with the host(OS X). It is completely overkill, but it will work.

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+1 That's an interesting solution... – Zifre Apr 14 '10 at 15:42
So it seems the trivial answer is that I cannot mount an encrypted volume in OS X but your solution is a good workaround for my problem, though. Thanks. – Török Gábor Apr 17 '10 at 20:09
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You could try OSXCrypt which is "test-software" or something like that...

It might wreck your system since it's still underdevelopment. Not sure if you want that. I believe that it's supposed to let you access LUKS encrypted volumes under OSX. According to their website everything is a no-guarantee basis so if you have important or valuable files on the disk it's better off not trying it. Link here.

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It supports TrueCrypt. They want to let the community handle LUKS support. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Apr 16 '10 at 5:27
Oh. I see. I was wrong then. Well... what now? delete the answer? – Vervious Apr 16 '10 at 5:42
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