On Windows machines, I use and like Protect! drive encryption software from
Protect Data. Swedish company, 256 bit Blowfish, unfortunately no source,
but totally transparent, foolproof, no cleartext ever touches the disk, and
relatively bug free. Older versions of Protect! would crash when USB drives
were mounted. Supposedly, this is fixed in newer versions. (Connecting my
Sony F505 camera would reliably crash the software).

Caveat: the SecureID-like tokens you can get from Protect Data to log into
Protect! only use 56 bit DES. Depending on your threat model, you may be
better off using a high-entropy passphrase.

I never got any of the Windows freeware drive encryption programs to work
correctly on my machines. I understand others had more luck. (Yes, I read
the pointers/FAQ's/etc). If you are in the market for something other than
the open source drive encryption products, you may want to take a look at
Protect!.

--Lucky Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of Gary Jeffers
> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 17:13
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Pgpdisk, Scramdisk, Safehouse, KOH, SecureDrive, SecureDevice.
> etc
>
>
>    My fellow Cypherpunks,
>
>    Bill Stewart speaks of Pgpdisk, Scramdisk, & Safehouse. I am un-
> familiar with these disk encryptors. Would some people like to
> review disk encryptors that they are familiar with? Also, to include
> SecureDrive, SecureDevice, & KOH.
>
>    Which ones are secure? Which ones are well regarded? Which ones
> include source code? What algorithms? Which is the best?
>
>    Note: PGP alone is not good enough to secure data on a computer.
> PGP is great for transmission but not for storage. Disk encryptors
> are required for secure storage.
>
> Yours Truly,
> Gary Jeffers
>
> BEAT STATE !!!!!!!
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