Alan and Quentin --thanks for the pointer.
The project looks well thought through and documented, and I like their
philosophy, quoting from the FAQ section:
"""
Q: Will TrueCrypt be open-source and free forever?
A: Yes, it will. We will never create a commercial version of TrueCrypt,
as we believe in open-source and free security software.
"""
I noticed a few binaries for Suse and Ubuntu, and the source code for
kernel 2.6.5 or better. I am wondering if compiling for some Live "CD"
(with/on USB stick) would be a work-around for the
Windows-administrator-only caveat you mentioned? But then you would have
to train the non-techies in your organization how to use a Linux Live
system...
- Horst
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:18:03 -0700
From: Quentin Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 7/28/07, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
horst wrote:
Encrypted FS makes sense -- it's not just passwords, but other, normally
benign data that might be useful for identity theft and social
engineering.
Thanks............................Horst
You can use Truecrypt to accomplish this.
<http://www.truecrypt.org/>
If you plan ahead, you can set it to be able to run truecrypt from the
USB disk itself.
There is, however, no MAC client that I am aware of.
I second the recommendation for Truecrypt. I'm currently working on
deploying a bunch of USB sticks with it on it in my company. It's a nice
piece of software. One caveat to be aware of is that the "traveler mode"
will only work on a computer that either already has Truecrypt installed on
it or you have admin rights to. If you need to access your encrypted data on
...
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