arver is a tool to manage encrypted harddisks. Imagine you are a collective with several admin members. Your servers have diffrent LUKS encrypted devices. Either you would need 1 password for every device which everyone needs to know or you use arver! Arver has 1 password for each device and for each member. This password is stored encrypted with the personal gpg-key in the data directory. The admins only need to know the password to the their own gpg secret key.
GDecrypt is a small piece of software written in Python for making your life with LUKS- or TrueCrypt-Partitions under linux easier. I.E. creation of Luks-encrypted partitions.
Technik und Anwendung (Linux-Magazin Online)
How to Resize a LUKS Encrypted File System.
It is not just another tool to conviniently store passwords for LUKS. No, it is a shiny monkeywrench for all sorts of challenges you face when administrating more than one server with encrypted harddrives. Plus it even enhances LUKS security in several wa