Tea Total for iPAQ Linux

When I started using a Linux PDA (the Agenda VR3), I didn't see any encryption software available, and I used apps like Secret and Secure Memo Pad on my Palm to hide things like web site passwords and the combination to the lock on our barn. So I found an appropriate-looking piece of software, TEA Total, and built it for the Agenda. I also added a few convenience scripts to minimise the amount of typing.

When I switched to the iPAQ, I had some trouble building TEA Total for it, but the author came to my assistance and I got it built.

On the Agenda there was no GUI, but since the iPAQ comfortably runs Tcl/Tk, I whipped together a quick one.

I believe there's some Federal paperwork I'll need to fill out before I can make binaries available, but in the meantime if you're a US or Canadian citizen, you can send me email and ask for the binaries.

The TEA algorithm is described at http://vader.brad.ac.uk/tea/tea.shtml.
The source for TEA Total came from http://www.linuxhacker.org/tea-total/.
Here's the README from my port, describing how to install and use it. (It assumes you've already got PPP to your Agenda working; if not, check out some of the sites in my Agenda bookmarks.)
As mentioned above, for now, you'll need to send me email (and be a US or Canadian citizen) in order to get a tar file with the binary and scripts. When you untar it you'll get the MIPS teatotal binary, the scripts and symlinks, installation instructions (in the README), notes on how I built it, and a copy of the complete original sources from linuxhacker.org.

Please let me know if you find this useful or if you have suggestions for improvement.

Jay Sekora <js+ipaq@aq.org>
last modified 2002.01.22