tupdated README with recent help screen - tomb - the crypto undertaker
HTML git clone git://parazyd.org/tomb.git
DIR Log
DIR Files
DIR Refs
DIR README
DIR LICENSE
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DIR commit 7241eb0fd14043ee3ffa85653c85151c6682b7af
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HTML Author: Jaromil <jaromil@dyne.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 13:06:33 +0200
updated README with recent help screen
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t@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
[](http://www.dyne.org)
-Updates on website: https://www.dyne.org/software/tomb
+More information and updates on website: https://www.dyne.org/software/tomb
Get the stable .tar.gz signed release for production use!
t@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ For the instructions on how to get started using Tomb, see [INSTALL](INSTALL.md)
Commands:
// Creation:
- dig create a new empty TOMB file of size -s in MB
+ dig create a new empty TOMB file of size -s in MiB
forge create a new KEY file and set its password
lock installs a lock on a TOMB to use it with KEY
// Operations on tombs:
- open open an existing TOMB (-k specify KEY file)
+ open open an existing TOMB (-k KEY file or - for stdin)
index update the search indexes of tombs
search looks for filenames matching text patterns
list list of open TOMBs and information on them
t@@ -87,16 +87,19 @@ For the instructions on how to get started using Tomb, see [INSTALL](INSTALL.md)
// Steganography:
bury hide a KEY inside a JPEG image (for use with -k)
- exhume extract a KEY from a JPEG image (prints to stout)
+ exhume extract a KEY from a JPEG image (prints to stdout)
Options:
- -s size of the tomb file when creating/resizing one (in MB)
+ -s size of the tomb file when creating/resizing one (in MiB)
-k path to the key to be used ('-k -' to read from stdin)
-n don't process the hooks found in tomb
- -o mount options used to open (default: rw,noatime,nodev)
+ -o options passed to commands: open, lock, forge (see man)
-f force operation (i.e. even if swap is active)
- --kdf generate passwords armored against dictionary attacks
+ -g use a GnuPG key to encrypt a tomb key
+ -r provide GnuPG recipients (separated by coma)
+ -R provide GnuPG hidden recipients (separated by coma)
+ --kdf forge keys armored against dictionary attacks
-h print this help
-v print version, license and list of available ciphers
t@@ -190,8 +193,6 @@ some are developed by Dyne.org, but some also by third parties.
- [pass-tomb](https://github.com/roddhjav/pass-tomb) is a console based wrapper of the excellent password keeping program [pass](https://www.passwordstore.org) that helps to keep the whole tree of password encrypted inside a tomb. It is written in Bash.
-- [OpenTomb](https://sourceforge.net/projects/opentomb/files/) is just an open-source community maintained version of Tomb Raider and we just wish we'd have anything to do with it... ;^)
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If you are writing a project supporting tomb volumes or wrapping tomb, let us know!
t@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ Tomb implementation is known to address at least partially issues raised in:
- [ISO/IEC 11770-1:2010](http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=53456) -- Part 1: Framework
- [ISO/IEC 11770-2:2008](http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=46370) -- Part 2: Mechanisms using symmetric techniques
- [ISO/IEC 27005:2011](http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=56742) Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security risk management
-- [ISO/IEC 24759:2014](http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=59142) Information technology -- Security techniques -- Test requirements for cryptographic modules
+- [ISO/IEC 24759:2014](http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=59142) Information technology -- Security techniques -- Test requirements for cryptographic modules
Any help on further verification of compliancy is very welcome, as the access to ISO/IEC document is limited due to its expensive nature.