Protecting USB hard drives that have backup data on them

["Amar Kulo" <dzoner () gmail com>]

Hi.

You can always have truecrypt on them with truecrypt images.

Maybe full disk encryption will work too.

Regards
Amar


On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Scott Race <srace () jdaarch com> wrote:


> I have a few USB hard drives that I use for redundant backup purposes,
> as a 'just in case'.  I like having the USB as it allows me to move them
> around, though I realize they are not safe since they can be stolen much
> easier.
>
> Would full disk encryption be the best way to secure these?  I know I
> could mount the drives internally, but would like to keep them USB and
> just secure as best I can.
>
> My goal is to make it so that if someone did steal the drives, the data
> could not be removed.  I also want to make it easy for my backup
> software (using RSYNC for Windows) to write to the drive.  Any advice is
> appreciated. Thanks!
>
>
> Scott Race
> JD+A Networks