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Re: Lightweight portable encryption
From: l00t3r <l00t3r () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 21:37:53 -0400
Truecrypt has been the only thing I've used for the past 6 months. I've been fairly impressed with the easy of use and the flexability of
the program. I think you've made a wise decision :P Ryan On 5/5/06, Michael Russell <mr_b15h0p () hotmail com> wrote:
Hi all, I'm looking for opinions on a light-weight, portable encryption program. What I mean by that is something that has the following characteristics: * The program should be small enough to fit on (and run off of) a USB flash-drive. * I want to be able to encrypt 1 or more files with a reasonably strong algorithm. * I should be able to take the encrypted files/volume to another computer and open the files with only the program and passphrase (ie, the volume isn't limited to use on the system that it was created on). * Needs to be able to work at least on Windows 2000/XP (OS X/Linux would be nice as well, but not really necessary for me at this point). I carry my USB flash-drive with me quite often, and am terribly concerned about leaving it in a computer somewhere or having it stolen. While I don't keep top-secret documents on it, I do often have client files that, while not damaging, could be embarrassing to lose. 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. Many thanks, Michael
Current thread:
- Lightweight portable encryption Michael Russell (May 08)
- Re: Lightweight portable encryption Alexander Klimov (May 09)
- Re: Lightweight portable encryption David Vo (May 10)
- Re: Lightweight portable encryption David Vo (May 10)
- Re: Lightweight portable encryption l00t3r (May 09)
- Re: Lightweight portable encryption Ow Mun Heng (May 10)
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- Fwd: Lightweight portable encryption Jed R. Mallen (May 11)
- Re: Lightweight portable encryption Ow Mun Heng (May 10)
- Re: Lightweight portable encryption Alexander Klimov (May 09)
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- Re: Lightweight portable encryption gazwj (May 09)