Re: Lightweight portable encryption

[Alexander Klimov <alserkli () inbox ru>]

On Fri, 5 May 2006, Michael Russell wrote:
> I'm looking for opinions on a light-weight, portable encryption
> program.

> I've started using TrueCrypt (www.truecrypt.org), and it seems to
> work well.  I can run it from my flash drive, copy the encrypted
> volumes between computers, etc.  However, I would appreciate
> opinions from other people - opinions on TrueCrypt, or other
> programs with similar features that they have had good/bad
> experiences with.

TrueCrypt is a good choice.

An alternative is to use a good file-encryption program,
e.g., gnupg with symmetric key: gpg -c
or an archiver with real encryption support,
e.g., 7-zip (<http://www.7-zip.org/>).

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Regards,
ASK