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Re: Encrypting Hard Disks
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FCri Kaljundi wrote:
> Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Michael B Amoruso kirjutas:
>
>> Are there any good programs out there that can encrypt my HD?? Since
>> there probably are, please mention some and where I can get them.
Also,
>> no one mention PGP.
>
>F-Secure Desktop from Data Fellows is pretty good. It uses Blowfish
>algorithm which means it is very fast on 32-bit Windows machines.
>
>More information at http://www.datafellows.com/f-secure/
- - From a quick perusal of the above web site, it appears as though
F-Secure Desktop offers encryption by file, much like PGP does, only a
little more automatic. But an entire encrypted file must be decrypted
before you can process it and the entire file must then be
re-encrypted if it is updated.
- - From http://www.datafellows.com/f-secure/desktop/
With the built-in AutoSecure(TM) feature, you can define sets of
files, directories, and Windows 95 folders that will be
automatically encrypted and decrypted every time you start or
close Windows.
- - From this, it appears encrypted files are decrypted while windows is
open. Obviously if Windows crashes a lot of plaintext files can be
left lying around!
I prefer the methods of SecureDrive
http://www.stack.urc.tue.nl/~galactus/remailers/securedrive.html
or Secure Device
ftp://utopia.hacktic.nl/pub/replay/pub/disk/secdev14.arj
in which data is decrypted "on-the-fly" as it is transferred from
disk to memory. The data is -always- encrypted on the disk. Both of
the above use strong IDEA encryption (same as PGP) and both are
free for non-commercial use. (Commercial use is possible by paying a
small royalty to the holders of the IDEA patent; see
http://www.ascom.ch/systec
In contrast, F-Secure Desktop is $99 a copy.
Edgar W. Swank <[email protected]>
(preferred)
Edgar W. Swank <[email protected]>
Edgar W. Swank <[email protected]>
Home Page: http://members.tripod.com/~EdgarS/index.html
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