Binary Soldier
03-05-2008, 07:06 PM
TrueCrypt (http://www.truecrypt.org/)
TrueCrypt's new version is out now
I'm sooo tempted to try out the new System Encryption feature:
TrueCrypt can on-the-fly encrypt a system partition or entire system drive, i.e. a partition or drive where Windows is installed and from which it boots (a TrueCrypt-encrypted system drive may also contain non-system partitions, which are encrypted as well).
What looks particularly good:-
Note that TrueCrypt can encrypt an existing unencrypted system partition/drive in-place while the operating system is running (while the system is being encrypted, you can use your computer as usual without any restrictions). Likewise, a TrueCrypt-encrypted system partition/drive can be decrypted in-place while the operating system is running. You can interrupt the process of encryption or decryption any time, leave the partition/drive partially unencrypted, restart or shut down the computer, and then resume the process, which will continue from the point it was stopped.
What I like about Truecrypt is it's 'plausible deniablity'. When you install it, you can configure two encrypted areas. Both password protected, but the second is 'fairly' invisible. So should anyone ask for your truecrypt password, you can give your main one to them, and they'll obviously be able to see what's contained in there. They won't know there is a second section. You decide which part you wish to access by either entering password 1 or password 2.
Link (http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=system-encryption)
In the latest episode of Security Now (http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm#133) security expert Steve Gibson basically raves about it.
What's interesting is that he did quite a few tests on it and found that his system worked faster with TrueCrypt, which is very strange.
TrueCrypt's new version is out now
I'm sooo tempted to try out the new System Encryption feature:
TrueCrypt can on-the-fly encrypt a system partition or entire system drive, i.e. a partition or drive where Windows is installed and from which it boots (a TrueCrypt-encrypted system drive may also contain non-system partitions, which are encrypted as well).
What looks particularly good:-
Note that TrueCrypt can encrypt an existing unencrypted system partition/drive in-place while the operating system is running (while the system is being encrypted, you can use your computer as usual without any restrictions). Likewise, a TrueCrypt-encrypted system partition/drive can be decrypted in-place while the operating system is running. You can interrupt the process of encryption or decryption any time, leave the partition/drive partially unencrypted, restart or shut down the computer, and then resume the process, which will continue from the point it was stopped.
What I like about Truecrypt is it's 'plausible deniablity'. When you install it, you can configure two encrypted areas. Both password protected, but the second is 'fairly' invisible. So should anyone ask for your truecrypt password, you can give your main one to them, and they'll obviously be able to see what's contained in there. They won't know there is a second section. You decide which part you wish to access by either entering password 1 or password 2.
Link (http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=system-encryption)
In the latest episode of Security Now (http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm#133) security expert Steve Gibson basically raves about it.
What's interesting is that he did quite a few tests on it and found that his system worked faster with TrueCrypt, which is very strange.