I travel with a MacBook Pro using FileValut. FV is great. The backup is accessible if you boot from a backup drive; you just need to mount it and enter your FV password. Normally that is the same as your login password.
You can also create an encrypted image on your external bootable drive using Disk Utility. On May 13, 2008, at 6:58 PM, Carta Diem wrote: > I've been doing a lot of traveling, and I've been looking for a > storage solution that suits my needs. I don't seem to be able to > find an ideal solution, and I don't think I'm in the minority – > although I could be wrong. > > Here is what I need: > > I travel with a notebook computer. > That is also my main computer. > Everything on it is critical. > Everything on it needs to be secure. > If the notebook fails for any reason, I need immediate, secure > access to that information. > > Luckily, I use a Macbook Pro, so I can create a bootable clone on an > external 2.5" drive that I can boot any Mac from, wherever I may > be. All I need to do is carry a small 2.5" firewire drive with me. > > The problems are: > (1) The MacBook Pro is not really secure. I don't use FileVault > (their internal encryption solution), even though it elegantly only > encrypts the contents of my Home folder, because it creates a > separate disk image that could become corrupt during backup and > that, apparently, you cannot access from a backup drive. > > (2) The external bootable drive has no security at all. None. So > although it is bootable from any Mac (and I would have to > authenticate at boot, using any Mac), to my knowledge it is still > completely readable from any PC or Mac, should I simply connect it > using a firewire or USB. That is unacceptable. > > Am I missing something? Do you guys have a solution in the works? > It would seem to me that many travelers have the same needs as me, > but maybe in the corporate world they use thin clients or don't > travel around with critical information. (And the truth is, I'm not > carrying any state secrets. I just don't want my personal > information to fall into anyone's hands, full stop!) > > Thanks in advance... > _______________________________________________ > FDE mailing list > FDE@www.xml-dev.com > http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde _______________________________________________ FDE mailing list FDE@www.xml-dev.com http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde
