Re: How to secure pendrive ?

[Phil Bieber <philbieber () gmail com>]

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On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 06:27, J.Bakshi <j.bakshi () icmail net> wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I like to secure my 8GB pendrive.
> I like to make two 4GB partitons, one for puppy linux and one as left to use
> as pendrive. But I like to encrypt the partition having puppy so that it is
> even not possible to access that partition even from Linux. It should ask
> password before accessing that partition. Could any one give me a direction
> to achieve this ?
>
> thanks

Hi!
I'm not an expert, but I would give TrueCrypt a try. That way you can
just create an encrypted container on the drive. The way I would do it
is this:
* format the pendrive to FAT32 (though this doesn't support the Linux
file modes....)
* install TrueCrypt in PuppyLinux
* Create a TrueCrypt container on the pendrive.
* Optional:  Keep a Windows exe and a Linux version on the pendrive to
access the container on the go.

This is not necessarily the best option, but it is one of the easier
on probably one of the more portable ones.

Cheers
Phil Bieber
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